5.3.99
जीविकार्थे चापण्ये
Operational rule vidhi
A similar elision of the affix कन् takes place then also, when the figure is made a means of livelihood, it being presumed, that no traffic is driven thereby.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context जीविकार्थे saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context अपण्ये 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
जीविकार्थे च अपण्ये
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Commentary
A similar elision of the affix कन् takes place then also, when the figure is made a means of livelihood, it being presumed, that no traffic is driven thereby.
That which is bought and sold is called पण्य; that which is not so dealt with is अपण्यः ॥ The rule applies to the images of gods which are made means of subsistence by a low order of Brahmanas, not by selling them, but by exhibiting them from door to door. Thus वासुदेवः 'the idol of Vasudeva': शिव 'the idol of Siva'. स्कन्दः, विष्णुः, आदित्यः &c.
Why do we say अपण्ये ? Observe, हस्तिकान् विक्रीणीते 'he sells the images of elephant'. अश्वकान्, रथकान् ॥
This rule is also an amplification of 5.3.100.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.