5.2.29
सम्प्रोदश्च कटच्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कटच् (कट) comes after the words 1. सम् 2. प्रद् 3. उद् and 4. वि.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context सम्- प्र- उदः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaSubstitute / term कटच् 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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
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Commentary
The affix कटच् (कट) comes after the words 1. सम् 2. प्रद् 3. उद् and 4. वि।
The वि is read into the sutra by virtue of the word च ॥ Thus संकटम्, मकटम्, उत्कटम्, विकटम् ॥
Vart:- The affix कटच् comes after अलाबु, तिल, उमा, and भङ्गा in denoting dust thereof. As अलाबुना रजः = अलाबूकटम्, तिलकटम्, उमाकटम्, भंगाकटम् ॥
Vart:- The affix गोष्ठच् comes after the names of animals, in denoting the places. As गवां स्थानं = गोगोष्ठं, महिषीगोष्ठं, &c.
Vart:- When a flock is denoted, the affix कटच् is added, as अविकटम् ॥
Vart:- When spreading is denoted, the affix is पटच्, and अविपटः ॥
Vart:- When a couple is denoted, the affix is गोयुगच्, as, अश्वगोयुगम्, उष्ट्रगोयुगम् ॥
Vart:- When six is denoted, the affix is षड्गवच्, as, हस्तिषड्गवम्, अश्वषड्गवम् ॥
Vart:- The affix तैलच् comes when it means the oil of it. As एरण्डतैलम्, इंगुदीतैलम्, तिलतैलम् ॥
Vart:- The affixes शाकट and शाकिन denote 'a field where it grows', after the words इक्षु &c. As इक्षुशाकटम्, मूलशाकटम्, इक्षुशाकिनं, मूलशाकिनम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.