5.2.69
अंशं हारी
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'who must take that' after the word अंश 'a share' being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Object अंशम् dvitīyā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term हारी prathamā · ekavacana
- Object Dvitīyā (2nd case).
- 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
अंशम् हारी
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'who must take that' after the word अंश 'a share' being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
The word अंश is used in the accusative in the aphorism, showing that the construction must be accusative. The word हारिन् nom. हारी is formed by adding णिनि to the root हृ, the force of the affix being that of "must, or necessity". See 3.3.170. The word हारिन् will govern accusative and not genitive 2.3.70.
Thus अंश हारी = अंशकः 'an heir', i. e. who is entitled to take a share at partition i.e. a दायादः । अंशकः पुत्रः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.