4.3.65
कर्णललाटात् कनलंकारे
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'what occurs there' after कर्ण and ललाट , the word denoting 'an ornament'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context कर्ण- ललाटात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term क prathamā · ekavacanaRight context अलङ्कारे saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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").
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'what occurs there' after कर्ण and ललाट , the word denoting 'an ornament'.
This debars यत् 4.3.55. Thus कर्णिका 'an ear-ring', ललाटिका ॥
Why do we say 'denoting an ornament'? Observe कर्ण्यम् 'what is in the ear', ललाट्यम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.