1.3.6
षः प्रत्ययस्य
Definition saṃjñā इत्संज्ञा
The letter ष् at the beginning of the औपदेशिक form of a प्रत्यय is called 'इत्' .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject षः prathamā · ekavacanaOf ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
- Of Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): "of X". In this kind of sūtra it marks a relation, not a substitution.
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Full reading
षः
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Commentary
The initial ष् of an affix is indicatory.
The initial ष् of an affix gets the name of इत् and is rejected. Thus by Rule 3.1.145 (शिल्पिनि ष्वुन्) the affix ष्वुन् is added to a verb to indicate proficient in the art expressed by the verb. The ष् and न् are इत् and अक् takes the place of वु (VII.I.1), युवोरनाकौ). Thus नृत् + ष्वुन् = नर्त् + अक् = नर्तकः 'a dancer' (by profession); fem. नर्तकी 4.1.41, षिद्गौरादिभ्यश्च 'words formed by affixes having an indicatory ष् take the affix ङीष् in the feminine'): so also रजकः, fem. रजकी.
The initial ष् of an affix only is इत् and not every initial ष्. Thus not in षोडः 'six,' or षडिकः ॥ The ष् must be initial, therefore it is not इत् in the affix टिषच् in अविमह्योष्टिषच्, (Un I.45) as अविषः 'an ocean', महिषः 'a buffalo.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.