4.3.87
अधिकृत्य कृते ग्रन्थे
Operational rule vidhi
An affix comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction in the sense of 'made in relation to any subject' when the thing made is a 'book'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable अधिकृत्य avyayaRight context saptamī · ekavacanaRight context ग्रन्थे saptamī · ekavacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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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अधिकृत्य ग्रन्थे
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Commentary
An affix comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction in the sense of 'made in relation to any subject' when the thing made is a 'book'.
The word अधिकृत्य means 'aiming at' 'alluding to, referring to'. Thus सुभद्रामधिकृत्य कृतोग्रन्थः = सौभद्रः 'Saubhadra or a book relating to the history of Subhadra.' So also गौरिमित्रः, यायातः, किरातार्जुनीयम् ॥
Why do we say ग्रन्थे 'when meaning a book'? Observe, सुभद्रामधिकृत्यकृतः प्रासादः 'a palace built in memory of Subhadra'; where there is no affix.
Vart:- The affix is elided diversely when the book is a story. Thus वासवदत्तामधि कृत्य कृता ऽऽख्यायिका = वासवदत्ता "Vasavadatta, a story relating to Vasavadatta." सुमनोत्तरा, उर्वशी ॥ Sometimes the elision does not take place, as भैमरथी ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.