5.3.69
प्रकारवचने जातीयर्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix जातीयर् (जातीय) comes after a case-inflected word which expresses 'a speciality'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context प्रकारवचने saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term जातीयर् prathamā · ekavacana
- 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").
- 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
प्रकारवचने जातीयर्
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Commentary
The affix जातीयर् (जातीय) comes after a case-inflected word which expresses 'a speciality'.
That which distinguishes one thing from another is called प्रकार or 'speciality'. When a word expresses speciality, it is called प्रकारवचनः ॥ This word qualifies the sense of the primitive. The affix जातीयर् and the affix याल् 5.3.23 both denote प्रकार, but while जातीयर् denotes प्रकारवान्, the other denotes प्रकारमात्र i. e. merely प्रकार ॥
Thus पटुजातीयः 'he may be reckoned among the clever persons'. So also मृदुजातीयः, दर्शनीयजातीयः ॥
The above Sutra may, therefore, be translated in these words also, "the affix जातीय has the sense of "belonging to the class of", "being of the nature of".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.