1.4.4
नेयङुवङ्स्थानावस्त्री
Definition saṃjñā नदीसंज्ञा
Except for the word 'स्त्री', any other word which is eligible for getting an इयङ्-आदेश or an उवङ्-आदेश is not referred to as नदी.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable न avyayaTerm / subject इयङ्- उवङ्- स्थानौ prathamā · dvivacanaTerm / subject अ- स्त्री prathamā · ekavacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
न इयङ्-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
Feminine words ending in ई and ऊ which admit the substitute इयङ् and उवङ् 6.1.77 are not called नदी ; except the word स्त्री (which is called नदी not withstanding its substituting इयङ्).
The definition of Nadi given in the last sutra was rather too wide, this limits the scope. Thus श्री, happiness, भ्रू brow, admit the substitutes iyan and uvan respectively, and are not nadi. Their vocative singular is हे श्रीः, हे भ्रूः &c., while the vocative singular of stri is हे स्त्रि.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.