5.4.6
बृहत्या आच्छादने
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कन् comes after the word बृहति when it means 'an article of dress'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context बृहत्याः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context आच्छादने saptamī · 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").
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बृहत्याः आच्छादने
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Commentary
The affix कन् comes after the word बृहति when it means 'an article of dress'.
The word कन् is to be read into this sutra and not its prohibition. The force of this कन् is nil, or it is an example of स्वार्थे कन् ॥ Thus बृहती + कन् = बृहतिका (प्रावारः) 7.4.13 (by which long vowel is shortened) "an upper garment or mantle".
Why do we say "when it means dress"? Observe बृहती छन्दः "the metre called Brihati".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.