5.3.86
ह्रस्वे
Operational rule vidhi
The above-mentioned affixes क -- प्रागिवात्कः (5.3.70), come in expressing shortness of length or diminutive.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context 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 above-mentioned affixes क -- प्रागिवात्कः 5.3.70, come in expressing shortness of length or diminutive.
The हृस्व here is opposed to दीर्घ or 'long'. Thus हृस्वोवृक्षः-वृक्षकः 'a small tree'. प्लक्षकः, स्तम्भकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.