5.3.89
कुत्वा डुपच्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix डुपच् (उप) comes in expressing diminution after the word कुतू 'a jar'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context कुत्वा pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term डुपच् 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
कुत्वा डुपच्
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Commentary
The affix डुपच् (उप) comes in expressing diminution after the word कुतू 'a jar'.
This debars क ॥ Thus कुतुपः, from कुतू the long ऊ being elided owing to ड ॥ It means a small leathern vessel for oil. This word is neuter also, as, कुतुपम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.