5.3.95
अवक्षेपणे कन्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) in expressing scoffing.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अवक्षेपणे saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term क 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
अवक्षेपणे कन्
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) in expressing scoffing.
Thus व्याकरणकः 'Grammar' used in a derisive sense, when its study produces pride. As व्याकरणकेन नाम त्वं गर्वितः 'thou art proud, because thou hast read grammar only'. याज्ञिक्यकेन नाम त्वं गर्वितः ॥ Here the words व्याकरणक and याज्ञिक्यक are used in a mocking sense. When, however, the derision applies to the person itself, then कन् is added by 5.3.14: as देवदत्तकः &c.
So far the governing power of क 5.3.70.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.