5.2.120
रूपादाहतप्रशंसयोर्यप्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix यप् comes in the sense of मतुप् after the word रूप when 'stamping (coining)' or 'praise' is denoted.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context रूपात् pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context आहत- प्रशंसयोः saptamī · dvivacanaSubstitute / term यप् 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.
- 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
रूपात् आहत-
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Commentary
The affix यप् comes in the sense of मतुप् after the word रूप when 'stamping (coining)' or 'praise' is denoted.
Thus आहतं रूपमस्य = रूप्यो दीनारः 'a Dinara having stamped on it the form of some king &c'. रूप्यः केदारः, रूप्यं कार्षापणम्. Similarly प्रशस्तं रूपमस्यास्ति = रूप्यः पुरुषः 'a lovely person'. The form impressed on a dinar &c by hammering &c, is called आहत or stamping.
Why do we say 'when stamping or praise is denoted ?' Observe रूपवान् 'having form'.
Vart:- The affix यप् is seen after other words also, as हिम्याः पर्वताः, गुण्या ब्राह्मणाः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.