5.4.32
रक्ते
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes after the word लोहित meaning a substance dyed red.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context रक्ते 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").
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रक्ते
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes after the word लोहित meaning a substance dyed red.
As लोहितकः कम्बलः or पटः ॥ Similarly लोहितिका or लोहिनिका शाटी ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.