1.3.3
हलन्त्यम्
Definition saṃjñā इत्संज्ञा
The ending हल् letter of an उपदेश is called 'इत्'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject prathamā · ekavacanaTerm / subject अन्त्यम् prathamā · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
अन्त्यम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
In उपदेश , the final consonant of roots etc. is इत्।
All the final consonants of roots, affixes, &c., are indicatory. As in the pratyahara sutras अ इ उ ण्; here ण् is इत् ॥ ऋ लृ क्; here क् is इत् ॥ ए ओड्; here ङ् is इत् ॥ ऐ औच्; here च् is इत् ॥ It is only in upadesa, that a final consonant is इत्. Not therefore, in अग्निचित् or सोमसुत्, which are complete words.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.