5.4.3
स्थूलादिभ्यः प्रकारवचने कन्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'like that or speciality', after the words स्थूल etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context स्थूलादिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaRight context प्रकारवचने saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / 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.
- 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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स्थूलादिभ्यः प्रकारवचने कन्
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes in the sense of 'like that or speciality', after the words स्थूल etc.
This debars the affix जातीयर् 5.3.69. Thus स्थूलप्रकारः = स्थूलकः "bulky". So also अणुकः, माषकः ॥
Vart:- The words चंचत् and बृहत् should be included in the list of sthuladi words. As, चंचत्कः, बृहत्कः ॥ According to one version the words are चंचा and बृहा and not चंचत् and बृहत्. So the derivatives will be बृहकः and चंचकः the words that end in long vowels आ, ई or ऊ, shorten their vowels before this affix, by 7.4.13. As, सुरा + कन् = सुरकः "snake-like". The word कृष्ण takes कन् when tila is meant; as कृष्णप्रकारास्तिला = कृष्णकाः ॥ यव takes कन् when meaning व्रीहि, as यवकाः ॥ इक्षु, तिल, पाद्य, काल, and अवदात take this affix when wine is meant, a पाद्यिका, कालिका, अवदातिका "a kind of wine". गोमूत्र takes this affix when meaning a covering, as गोमूत्रकः 'a covering of the colour of cow's wine, or go-mutra may mean a certain arrangement of colours such as white and black". सुरा takes कन् meaning a snake, as सुरकः 7.4.13 "a kind of snake of the color of wine". जीर्ण takes it when meaning sali grain, as जीर्णकाः = जीर्णकल्पा शालयः ॥ The following is a list of Sthuladi words.
1 स्थूल, 2 अणु, 3 माष, 4 इषु, 5 कृष्ण तिलेषु, 6 यव व्रीहिषु, 7 इक्षुतिलपाद्यकालावदाताः सुरायाम्, 8 गोमूत्र आच्छादने, 9 सुरा अहौ, 10 जीर्ण शालिषु, 11 पत्रमूले समस्तव्यस्ते, 12 कुमारीपुत्र, 13 कुमारीश्वशुर (कुमार, श्वशुर), 14 मणि ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.