5.3.74
कुत्सिते
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes क -- प्रागिवात्कः (5.3.70), and अकच् (अक्) -- अव्ययसर्वनाम्नामकच् प्राक् टेः (5.3.71), come when the thing is spoken of as contemptible.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कुत्सिते saptamī · 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").
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Commentary
The affixes क -- प्रागिवात्कः 5.3.70, and अकच् (अक्) -- अव्ययसर्वनाम्नामकच् प्राक् टेः 5.3.71, come when the thing is spoken of as contemptible.
Thus अश्वकः 'a sorry horse'. उष्ट्रकः, गर्दभकः, उच्चकैः, नीचकैः सर्वके, विश्वक ॥ पचतकि 'he cooks comtemptibly'. जल्पतकि 'he speaks insignificantly'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.