5.4.4
अनत्यन्तगतौ क्तात्
Operational rule vidhi
After a participle ending in क्त comes the affix कन् when the meaning is something not yet wholly completed.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अनत्यन्तगतौ saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context क्तात् pañcamī · 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").
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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अनत्यन्तगतौ क्तात्
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Commentary
After a participle ending in क्त comes the affix कन् when the meaning is something not yet wholly completed.
The word अत्यन्तगति means an act which has been fully accomplished; अनत्यन्तगति therefore, means, an act which has not been fully accomplished. Thus भिन्न + कन् = भिन्नकः "not yet wholly divided" So also छिन्नकः &c.
Why do we say "something not wholly completed"? Observe भिन्नम् "totally divided", छिन्नम् 'totally cut'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.