5.2.8
आप्रपदं प्राप्नोति
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ख (ईन) comes in the sense of 'reaching thereto' after the word आप्रपद.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable आप्रपदम् avyayaVerb प्राप्नोति tiṅanta
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
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Full reading
आप्रपदम् प्राप्नोति
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Commentary
The affix ख (ईन) comes in the sense of 'reaching thereto' after the word आप्रपद।
The word प्रपद means 'the top of the foot'. आ means "upto". आप्रपद is an Avyayibhava compound meaning 'to the top of the foot'. Thus आप्रपदं प्राप्नोति = आप्रपदीनः पटः 'cloth reaching to the end of the feet', i.e. showing the width of the cloth by comparison with the body.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.