1.4.101
तिङस्त्रीणि त्रीणि प्रथममध्यमोत्तमाः
Definition saṃjñā उत्तमसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā प्रथमसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā मध्यमसंज्ञा
The तिङ्-प्रत्ययाः, when grouped into groups of three, are sequentially known as प्रथम, मध्यम and उत्तम.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Of ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaTerm / subject त्रीणि prathamā · bahuvacanaTerm / subject त्रीणि prathamā · bahuvacanaTerm / subject - - prathamā · bahuvacana
- Of Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): "of X". In this kind of sūtra it marks a relation, not a substitution.
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
Dotted words are technical terms, dashed ones pratyāhāras (names for classes of sounds or affixes). Hover or tap one to see its card.
See the table this defines: 3.4.78 तिङ् The 18 verb endings →
Full reading
त्रीणि त्रीणि -
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The three triads in both the sets परस्मैपद and आत्मनेपद , of conjugational affixes (comprised under the general name तिङ् , a प्रत्यहार formed of the first and last of them, viz. तिप् and महिङ्) are called, in order, Lowest - 3rd Person of European Grammar, Middle -2nd Person, and Highest -1st Person.
Of the 19 conjugational affixes, above given; 9 are Parasmaipadi and 9 are Atmanepadi. Each of these two classes is subdivided into three classes, according to person, as shown in the above list.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.