5.2.64
आकर्षादिभ्यः कन्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'versed therein or skilled therein' after the प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) आकर्ष etc. being in the Locative -7th case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context आकर्षादिभ्यः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term क 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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Full reading
आकर्षादिभ्यः कन्
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'versed therein or skilled therein' after the प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) आकर्ष etc. being in the Locative -7th case in construction.
Thus आकर्षे कुशलः = आकर्षकः, त्सरुकः. Another reading has आकष (Bohtlingk).
1 आकर्ष (आकष), 2, त्सरु, 3 पिशाच (पिपासा), 4 पिचण्ड, 5 अशनि, 6 अश्मन्, 7 निचय (विचय), 8 चय, 9 विजय, 10 जय, 11 आचय, 12 नय, 13 पाद (निपाद),14 दीप, 15 ह्रद, 16 ह्राद, 17 ह्लाद, 18 गद्गद, 19 शकुनि, 20 अव ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.