5.3.100
देवपथादिभ्यश्च
Operational rule vidhi
After the words देवपथ etc. there is similar elision of the affix कन् -- इवे प्रतिकृतौ (5.3.96) and संज्ञायां च (5.3.97) expressing an image or a Name.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context देवपथादिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
देवपथादिभ्यः च
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Commentary
After the words देवपथ etc. there is similar elision of the affix कन् -- इवे प्रतिकृतौ 5.3.96 and संज्ञायां च 5.3.97 expressing an image or a Name.
Karika
अर्चासु पूजनार्थासु चित्रकर्म्मध्वजेषु च ।
इवे प्रतिकृतौ लोपः कनो देवपथादिषु ॥
The देवपथ class is आकृतिगणः ॥ Thus देवपथः, हंसपथः ॥
1 देवपथ, 2 हंसपथ, 3 वारिपथ, 4 रथपथ, 5 स्थलपथ, 6 करिपथ, 7 अजपथ, 8 राजपथ, 9 शतपथ, 10 शङ्कपथ, 11 सिन्धुपथ (सिंहपथ), 12 सिद्धगति (सिंहगति), 13 उष्ट्रग्रीव (उष्ट्रग्रीवा), 14 वायरज्जु (चामररज्जु), 15 हस्त, 16 इन्द्र, 17 दण्ड, 18 पुष्प, 19 मत्स्य, 20 जलपथ, 21 रज्जु It is आकृतिगण ॥
Karika:- The affix कन् is elided when the imitation is an image of a god that is worshipped, or a picture, or a design on a flag. As शिवः, विष्णुः are examples of gods, अर्जुनः 'the picture of Arjuna', दुर्योधनः 'the picture of Duryodhana', कपिः 'the flag having the figure of monkey', गरुडः 'the eagle-flag'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.