1.1.13
शे
Definition saṃjñā प्रगृह्यसंज्ञा
'शे' is called प्रगृह्य.
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शे
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Commentary
The affix शे (the Vedic substitute of the case-affixes) is a प्रगृह्य।
In the Vedic Sanskrit, the declension of nouns sometimes differs somewhat from the ordinary Sanskrit. One of the peculiar Vedic terminations, which replace the ordinary declensional terminations is called शे 7.1.39. Thus अस्मेइन्द्राबृहस्पती.
Of this substitute शे, the initial श is indicatory, the real suffix being ए. This final ए is a pragrihya.
In the sacred literature there is only one example of this pragrihya, as given above; while in imitation of this, we have in secular writing phrases as, त्वेइति, युष्मे इति, मे इति &c.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.