5.2.30
अवात् कुटारच्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes कुटारच् and कटच् come after the word अव.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अवात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term कुटारच् prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
अवात् कुटारच् च
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Commentary
The affixes कुटारच् and कटच् come after the word अव।
As अवकुटारम्, अवकटम् 'downwards', 'very deep'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.