अधिकृत्य कृते ग्रन्थे

Adhyāya 4 · Pāda 3 · Rule 87

An affix comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction in the sense of 'made in relation to any subject' when the thing made is a 'book'.,

The word अधिकृत्य means 'aiming at' 'alluding to, referring to'. Thus सुभद्रामधिकृत्य कृतोग्रन्थः = सौभद्रः 'Saubhadra or a book relating to the history of Subhadra.' So also गौरिमित्रः, यायातः, किरातार्जुनीयम् ॥

Why do we say ग्रन्थे 'when meaning a book'? Observe, सुभद्रामधिकृत्यकृतः प्रासादः 'a palace built in memory of Subhadra'; where there is no affix.

Vart:- The affix is elided diversely when the book is a story. Thus वासवदत्तामधि कृत्य कृता ऽऽख्यायिका = वासवदत्ता \Vasavadatta, a story relating to Vasavadatta.\ सुमनोत्तरा, उर्वशी ॥ Sometimes the elision does not take place, as भैमरथी ॥,

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