1.1.18
ऊँ
Definition saṃjñā प्रगृह्यसंज्ञा
According to Shakalya, the 'उञ्' when followed by the अवैदिक 'इति' word gets optionally converted to प्रगृह्य ऊँ.
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ऊँ
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Commentary
The particle ऊँ replaces उञ in non-vedic literature and it is a प्रगृह्य in the opinion of शाकल्य।
Before the word इति the word ऊञ् is replaced sometimes by ऊँ the long nasal ū. Thus ऊँ+इति = ऊँ इति or विति.
In some authorities the sûtras 1.1.17 and 1.1.18 form but one sūtra, and then it is divided by the method of yoga-vibhága, the division of a single sūtra into two separate sûtras having two distinct rules.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.