5.4.31
वर्णे चानित्ये
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes after लोहित when it means color which is not permanent.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context वर्णे saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context अनित्ये 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
वर्णे च अनित्ये
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes after लोहित when it means color which is not permanent.
Thus लोहितकः कोपेन "red with anger". लोहितकः पीडनेन ॥
Why do we say "not permanent" Observe लोहितो गौः "a red cow". लोहितं रुधिरम् "the red blood".
Vart:- The derivative of लोहित may not take the gender of the primitive, as लोहितिका or लोहिनिका कोपेन ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.