1.2.14
हनः सिच्
Extension atideśa कित्त्वातिदेशः
The सिच् आत्मनेपद affixes are कित् after the root हन् 'to kill'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context हनः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term सिच् prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
हनः सिच्
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Commentary
The सिच् आत्मनेपद affixes are कित् after the root हन् 'to kill'.
As आहत, आहसाताम्, आहसत are the aorist of हन्. When a सिच् or second aorist is kit the verb loses its nasal, by Rule 6.4.37. After the verb हन् the सिच् is only kit and not the Benedictive लिङ् terminations, as was the case in the previous sutra; hence the repetition of the word sich in this sutra. The sutras 1.2.12 and 1.2.13 were governed both by लिङ् and सिच्; from and after this sutra, the governing power of लिङ् ceases. The governing power of the word "Atmanepada" in sutra 1.2.11 does not however cease, and its anuvritti runs through the succeeding sutras; though as regards this sutra, its anuvritti is redundant, in as much as before the Parasmaipada terminations, the root हन् is always replaced by वध् in the aorist, there is no necessity of making the affix sich a kit. For the object served in making sich, kit, after the verb हन्, is to elide the nasal, while in the case of वध्, no such purpose can be served.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.