1.1.53
ङिच्च
Meta-rule paribhāṣā आदेशस्थाननिर्णयपरिभाषा
A ङित्-आदेश happens to the last letter of the स्थानी.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject ङित् 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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ङित् च
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Commentary
And the substitute which is indicatory ङ् (even though it consists of more than one letter) takes the place of the final letter only of the original expression.
This sutra is an exception by anticipation to sutra 1.1.55. By that all substitutes, consisting of more than one letter, replace the whole word.
Thus in forming the dvandva compound of मातृ and पितृ there is a rule 6.3.25 by which it is declared:- 'In the place of words ending in ॠ there is the substitution of आनङ् in forming dvandvas.' Now the substitute आनङ् is a ङित् substitute, and therefore it applies to the last letter of the word and not to the whole word, vis, the ॠ of मातृ is only changed into आ and not the whole word; and we have the compound मातापितरौ, so also होतापोतारौ.
There is an exception, however, in the case of the substitute तातङ् 7.1.35 which, though it has an indicatory ङ्, yet replaces the whole expressions तु and हि and not only their finals. As जीवतात् 'may he live, or may you live'; instead of जीवतु 'may he live,' or जीव 'live thou.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.