Praudhamanorama 60_331

60_331

On dvyāḍhakī: one who cooks two āḍhakas; when freed from kha and ṭhan by "āḍhakācitapātrāt kho'nyatarasyām" and "dvigoṣṭhañca", the ṭhañ of the prāgvat section applies, and it is elided by luk. By this, dvyācitā is explained.
Under "kāṇḍāntāt" (P. 4.1.23): a kāṇḍa is a rod measuring sixteen cubits (hasta). Although the rule of denoting that which ends in it is established through the qualifier, nevertheless, if there were no mention of anta, the word kṣetre ('in the case of a field'), being heard directly, would qualify kāṇḍa itself, not that which ends in it. And consequently, it would apply even here: dvikāṇḍī vaḍavā ('a mare bought for two kāṇḍas—fields measuring a kāṇḍa'); but it would not apply here: dvikāṇḍā kṣetrabhaktiḥ ('a field-division measuring two kāṇḍas'). Therefore, there is the mention of anta.
On "mātracaḥ" ('of mātrac'): as for what was stated by an older grammarian, namely that there is elision (luk) of dvayasac, that is not correct, on the basis of the established doctrine: "The first and second are considered by me to measure vertical height."
On dvikāṇḍī rajjuḥ ('a rope measuring two kāṇḍas'): Objection: Here there would be a prohibition by the preceding rule "[dvigoḥ] parimāṇāntāt", because the word kāṇḍa, having linear extent as its referent, does not denote a measure of capacity (parimāṇa). For a measure of capacity, such as an āḍhaka or kuḍava, is that by which something is measured round about—everywhere, both along its height and girth; it is not merely any delimiting standard whatever. As they say: