तङानावात्मनेपदम्

Definition saṃjñā आत्मनेपदसंज्ञा

The तङ्, शानच् and कानच् आदेशाः that occur in place of a लकार are known as आत्मनेपद.

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Term / subject तङानौ prathamā · dvivacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana

Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.

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See the table this defines: 3.4.78 तिङ् The 18 verb endings →

Full reading

तङानौ

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Commentary

The nine affixes comprised under the प्रत्याहार - तङ् and the two ending in आन (शानच् and कानच्), which are substitutes of ल are called आत्मनेपद।
The following are the Atmanepada affixes:--

- 3rd person - त, आताम्, झ
- 2nd person - थास्, आथाम्, ध्वम्
- 1st person - इट्, वहि, महिङ्

And the affixes भाव and ज्ञान 3.2.106,

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.