5.3.88
कुटीशमीशुण्डाभ्यो रः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix र comes after the words 1. कुटी 2. शमी and 3. शुण्डा when expressing shortness of length.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context कुटी- शमी- शुण्डाभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term रः prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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
कुटी-
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Commentary
The affix र comes after the words 1. कुटी 2. शमी and 3. शुण्डा when expressing shortness of length.
The word हृस्व is understood here, but not संज्ञा ॥ This debars क 5.3.90. Thus हृस्वा कुटी = कुटीरः, शमीरः and शुण्डारः ॥ The derivatives are masculine names; though the primitives are feminine.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.