5.4.29 यावादिभ्यः कन्

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Left context यावादिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term क 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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यावादिभ्यः कन्

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Commentary

The affix कन् comes after the words याव etc. without changing their sense.
Thus यावकः = यावः, मणिकः = मणिः ॥

1 याव, 2 मणि, 3 अस्थि, 4 तालु, 5 जानु, 6 लान्द्र, 7 पीत, 8 स्तम्ब (पीतस्तम्ब पोत, स्तम्ब) 9 ऋतावुष्णशीते, 10 पशौ लूनविपाते (वियाते), 11 अणु निपुणे, 12 पुत्र कृत्रिमे, 13 स्नात वेदसमाप्तौ, 14 शून्य रिक्ते, 15 दान कुत्सिते, 16 तनु सूत्रे, 17 ईयसश्च (श्रेयस्क) 18 ज्ञात, 19 अज्ञात, 20 कुमारीक्रीडनकानि च, 21 चण्ड,

N. B. The affix कन् is added to उष्ण and शीत when denoting a season: as, उष्णक ऋतुः, शीतक ऋतुः ॥ Otherwise उष्णोऽग्निः, शीतमुदकं ॥ लून and वियात take कन् when denoting an animal, as लूनकः or वियातकः पशुः, otherwise लूनादर्भाः, वियातो नीचः, ॥ अणु takes कन् when meaning 'clever', as अणुकः सूक्ष्मदृक् otherwise अणु only. पुत्र takes कन् when meaning 'artificial', as, पुत्रको लोहादिनिर्मितः ॥ स्नात takes कन् when denoting a student who has completed his study of the Vedas, as स्नातकः ॥ शून्य takes कन् when meaning empty, as उदकादिना रिक्तोघटः शून्यकः, otherwise शून्यः प्रत्ययः i.e. बाह्यार्थ रहितः ॥ दान takes कन् when contempt is meant, as कुत्सितं दानं = दानकम् ॥ तनु takes कन् when meaning thread, तनुकं सूत्रं सूक्ष्मतन्तुः, otherwise तनुः शरीरम् ॥ The word ending in ईयसुन् takes कन्, as श्रेयस्कः ॥ The words denoting play things of girls take कन्, as कण्डुकम् ॥

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.