1.1.25
डति च
Definition saṃjñā षट्संज्ञा
The word ending in the डति प्रत्यय which is referred to as 'संख्या' is also called 'षट्'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject डति prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
डति च
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
And the संख्या-s ending with the affix डति are called षट्।
This sutra enlarges the scope of the definition of षट् by including in it, words formed by डति. By sutra 22, words in डति are already sankhya; by this they are also षट्. Therefore we have कति पठन्ति, 'how many are reading,' कति पश्य 'see how many.' Here कति has lost its plural termination by 7.1.22.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.