4.4.89
संज्ञायां धेनुष्या
Operational rule vidhi
The word धेनुष्या is irregularly formed being a Name.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term धेनुष्या prathamā · ekavacana
- 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").
- 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
संज्ञायाम् धेनुष्या
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Commentary
The word धेनुष्या is irregularly formed being a Name.
This word is formed by adding षुक् and य to धेनु ॥ It has udatta on the final. धेनुष्या means that cow (धेनु) which is given to a creditor in discharge of a debt or as a pledge to satisfy the debt from her milk. It is also called पीतदुग्धा ॥ As धेनुष्यां भवते ददामि ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.