ईषदसमाप्तौ कल्पब्-देश्य-देशीयरः

Adhyāya 5 · Pāda 3 · Rule 67

The affixes kalpap (kalpa), deśya and deśīyar (deśīya) come after a nominal or verbal stem which connotes a slight incompleteness.,

The word समाप्ति means 'fullness of objects'. A little non-fullness is called ईषदसमाप्ति ॥ Thus पटुकल्पः, पटुदेश्यः or पटुदेशीयः 'clever but slightly incomplete' i. e. 'tolerably clever'. मृदुकल्पः, मृदुदेश्यः, मृदुदेशीयः ॥ So also after verbs, as पचतिकल्पम्, जल्पतिकल्पम् ॥ &c.,

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