5.2.66
स्वाङ्गेभ्यः प्रसिते
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'who takes care of it, who bestows care upon' after a word denoting a part of one's body.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context स्वाङ्गेभ्यः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context प्रसिते saptamī · 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").
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स्वाङ्गेभ्यः प्रसिते
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'who takes care of it, who bestows care upon' after a word denoting a part of one's body.
The words तत्र and कन् are understood in this sutra. The word प्रसित means 'devoted to, intent upon, craving after'. Thus केशेषु प्रसितः = केशकः i. e. केशादिरचनायां प्रसक्त एवमुच्यते ॥ The स्वाङ्गेभ्यः is in the plural number, indicating that the affix comes even after a collective compound of Svanga terms. Thus दन्तौष्ठकः, केशनखकः ॥ See 2.3.44.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.