5.4.2
दण्डव्यवसर्गयोश्च
Operational rule vidhi
Also when the sense is of a punishment or a donation.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context दण्ड- व्यवसर्गयोः saptamī · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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
दण्ड-
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Commentary
Also when the sense is of a punishment or a donation.
The word दण्ड means "punishment", and व्यवसर्ग means "gift or donation". The pratipadikas पाद and शत preceded by a numeral, and conveying the sense of punishment or donation, take the affix वुन्, and the final अ is elided. This sutra is begun to show that the "distributive sense" does not apply here. Thus द्वौ पादौ दण्डितः = द्विपदिकाम् दाण्डितः "punished with the infliction of a fine of two Padas" (a quarter coin)". द्वौ पादौ व्यवसृजति = द्विपदिकां व्यवसृजात "he makes a gift of two Padas". Similarly द्विशतिकां दण्डितः "punished with a fine of two hundreds". द्विशतिकां व्यवसृजति &c.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.