Grammatical Sūtra: अल्पे alpe
Individual Word Components: alpe
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: alpe pratyayaḥ (3.1.1), paraḥ (3.1.2), ca (3.1.2), ādyudāttaḥ (3.1.3), ca (3.1.3), ṅyāpprātipadikāt (4.1.1), taddhitāḥ (4.1.76), kaḥ (5.3.70)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:5.3.70 (1prāg ivāt kaḥ)
Description:
The above-mentioned affixes ((ka)) (5.3.70) and the rest come in expressing the small quantity or small number of anything. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0
[The taddhitá 4.1.76 affixes 3.1.1 ka 70 and áka̱C71 are respectively 1.3.10 introduced after 3.1.2 a nominal stem 4.1.1 or a verbal stem ending in 1.1.72 the l-substitute tiṄ 56] to denote `small' (álp-e). Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.
Mahābhāṣya: With kind permission: Dr. George Cardona
1/10:kimartham imau ubhau arthau nirdiśyete na yat alpam hrasvam api tat bhavati yat ca hrasvam alpam api tat bhavati |
2/10:na etayoḥ āvaśyakaḥ samāveśaḥ |
3/10:alpam ghṛtam |
4/10:alpam tailam iti ucyate |
5/10:na kaḥ cit āha hrasvam ghṛtam |
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1/10:kimartham imau ubhau arthau nirdiśyete na yat alpam hrasvam api tat bhavati yat ca hrasvam alpam api tat bhavati |
2/10:na etayoḥ āvaśyakaḥ samāveśaḥ |
3/10:alpam ghṛtam |
4/10:alpam tailam iti ucyate |
5/10:na kaḥ cit āha hrasvam ghṛtam |
6/10:hrasvam tailam iti |
7/10:tathā hrasvaḥ paṭaḥ |
8/10:hrasvaḥ śāṭakaḥ iti ucyate |
9/10:na kaḥ cit āha alpaḥ paṭaḥ |
10/10:alpaḥ śāṭakaḥ iti |
Kielhorn/Abhyankar (II,426.18-21) Rohatak (IV,340)