1.3.58
नानोर्ज्ञः
Operational rule vidhi
After the Desiderative of ज्ञा 'to know' when preceded by अनु , the आत्मनेपद affix is Not used.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable न avyayaLeft context अनोः pañcamī · ekavacanaLeft context ज्ञः pañcamī · ekavacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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Full reading
न अनोः ज्ञः
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Commentary
After the Desiderative of ज्ञा 'to know' when preceded by अनु , the आत्मनेपद affix is Not used.
This is an exception to the last sutra. The desiderative of jna with the prefix anu is not atmanepadi.
This sutra read with sutra 1.3.45 limits the scope of parasmaipada to the transitive, desiderative verb anu-jna. As पुत्रमनुजिज्ञासति 'he enquires after the son.'
Why do we say when preceded by anu? Because otherwise it will take the atmanepada terminations. As धर्म्मम् जिज्ञासते 'he inquires after religion.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.