6.1.143
कुस्तुम्बुरूणि जातिः
Operational rule vidhi
The word कुस्तुम्बुरु is irregularly, formed with the augment सुट् and means 'a species of herb'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term कुस्तुम्बुरूणि prathamā · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term जातिः prathamā · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Full reading
कुस्तुम्बुरूणि जातिः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The word कुस्तुम्बुरु is irregularly, formed with the augment सुट् and means 'a species of herb'.
The कुस्तुम्बुरु is the name of coriander - i. e. धान्यकं; the seeds are also so called. The exhibition of the word in the sutra in the Neuter gender does not however show that the word is always Neuter. When not meaning coriander, the form is कुतुम्बुरु (कुत्सितानि तुम्बुरूणि) ॥ The word तुम्बुरु here means the fruit of the ebony tree.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.