5.1.103
कर्मण उकञ्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix उकञ् comes after the word कर्मण in the same sense of 'able to effect that'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context कर्मणः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term उक 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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कर्मणः उकञ्
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Commentary
The affix उकञ् comes after the word कर्मण in the same sense of 'able to effect that'.
This debars ठञ्. As कर्मणो प्रभवति = कार्मुकं धनुः ॥ This word कार्मुकम् means always a 'bow', and is never employed to designate anything else.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.