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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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.

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