6.3.107
कवं चोष्णे
Operational rule vidhi
का and कवङ् are optionally the substitutes of कु when उष्ण follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term कवम् prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context उष्णे saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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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Full reading
कवम् च उष्णे
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Commentary
का and कवङ् are optionally the substitutes of कु when उष्ण follows.
As कवोष्णम्, कोष्णम् or कदुष्णम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.