दण्ड-व्यवसर्गयोश् च

Adhyāya 5 · Pāda 4 · Rule 2

Also when the sense is of a punishment or a donation.,

The word दण्ड means \punishment\, and व्यवसर्ग means \gift or donation\. The pratipadikas पाद and शत preceded by a numeral, and conveying the sense of punishment or donation, take the affix वुन्, and the final अ is elided. This sutra is begun to show that the \distributive sense\ does not apply here. Thus द्वौ पादौ दण्डितः = द्विपदिकाम् दाण्डितः \punished with the infliction of a fine of two Padas\ (a quarter coin)\. द्वौ पादौ व्यवसृजति = द्विपदिकां व्यवसृजात \he makes a gift of two Padas\. Similarly द्विशतिकां दण्डितः \punished with a fine of two hundreds\. द्विशतिकां व्यवसृजति &c.,

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