4.4.23
चूर्णादिनिः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix इनि comes after the word चूर्ण when the sense is 'mixed therewith'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context चूर्णात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term इ ः prathamā · 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.
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Full reading
चूर्णात् इनिः
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Commentary
The affix इनि comes after the word चूर्ण when the sense is 'mixed therewith'.
This debars ठक् ॥ Thus चूर्णैः संसृष्टा = चूणिनो ऽपूपाः 'cakes sprinkled with powder.' चूर्णिनि धानाः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.