Grammatical Sūtra: संज्ञायां कन् saṃjñāyāṃ kan
Individual Word Components: saṃjñāyām kan
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: saṃjñāyām kan 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), hrasve (5.3.86)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:5.3.70 (1prāg ivāt kaḥ)

Description:

The affix kan (/_ ((ka))) comes when the short thing is a Name. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0

[The taddhitá 4.1.76 affix 3.1.1] kaN is introduced [after 3.1.2 a nominal stem 4.1.1 to denote `shortness' 86] for deriving a name (saṁjñā-y-ām). Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.

Source:Srisa Chandra Vasu's Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

Anuvṛtti: 5.3.70, 5.3.71, 5.3.86

Kāśikāvṛttī¹: hrasve ityeva. hrasvatvahetukā yā saṃjñā tasyāṃ gamyamānāyāṃ kanpratyayo bhavati   See More

Kāśikāvṛttī²: saṃjñāyāṃ kan 5.3.87 hrasve ityeva. hrasvatvahetukā yā saṃjñā tasyāṃ gamyamānāy   See More

Nyāsa²: saṃjñāyāṃ kan?. , 5.3.87

Bālamanoramā¹: saṃjñāyāṃ kan. vaṃśaka iti. hyasvasya veṇujātiviśeṣasya nāma.

Bālamanoramā²: saṃjñāyāṃ kan , 5.3.87 saṃjñāyāṃ kan. vaṃśaka iti. hyasvasya veṇujātiviśeṣasya n

1.Source: Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
2.Source: Sanskrit Documents