4.4.4
कुलत्थकोपधादण्
Operational rule vidhi
After the word कुलत्थ and after the words having a penultimate क् , the affix अण् is added in the sense of 'refined or prepared therewith'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context कुलत्थ- क- pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अ 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
कुलत्थ- क- अण्
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Commentary
After the word कुलत्थ and after the words having a penultimate क् , the affix अण् is added in the sense of 'refined or prepared therewith'.
This debars ठक् ॥ Thus कौलत्यम्, तैत्तिडीकम्, दार्दभकम्, the two latter being examples of words ending in क ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.