4.3.163
फले लुक्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix denoting 'product or part' is लुक् elided when such a product or part is 'a fruit'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context फले saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
फले
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Commentary
The affix denoting 'product or part' is लुक् elided when such a product or part is 'a fruit'.
Thus आमलक्याः फलं = आमलकी + मयट् लुक् = आमलकं 'the fruit of Myrobolans.' So also वदरम् ॥ The fruit is a "product" as well as a "part" of a fruit-bearing tree.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.