4.4.84

धनगणं लब्धा

Operational rule vidhi

The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'who obtains it' after the words 1. धन and 2. गण being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Object धन- गणम् dvitīyā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term लब्धा prathamā · ekavacana
  • Object Dvitīyā (2nd case).
  • 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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धन-गणम् लब्धा

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Commentary

The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'who obtains it' after the words 1. धन and 2. गण being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Thus धनं लब्धा = धन्यः, so also गण्यः ॥ लब्धृ is formed from लभ् by तृन्, hence it takes the accusative.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.

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