5.3.96
इवे प्रतिकृतौ
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् means also 'like this' when the imitation of a thing is to be expressed.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context इवे saptamī · ekavacanaRight context प्रतिकृतौ 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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इवे प्रतिकृतौ
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Commentary
The affix कन् means also 'like this' when the imitation of a thing is to be expressed.
The word कन् is understood here. Thus अश्व इवायमश्व प्रतिकृतिः = अश्वकः 'an imitation of a horse' in wood or clay &c. उष्ट्रकः, गर्दभकः ॥ Why do we say 'imitation ?' Observe गौरिव गवयः "The gayal cow".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.