1.4.7
शेषो घ्यसखि
Definition saṃjñā घिसंज्ञा
Except for the word सखि, all ह्रस्व-इकारान्त and ह्रस्व-उकारान्त words get the term घि whenever they do not get the term नदी.
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Term / subject शेषः prathamā · ekavacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacanaTerm / subject असखि prathamā · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
शेषः असखि
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Commentary
The rest of the words that end in short इ and उ are घि with the exception of the word सखि।
This defines the word ghi. The peculiarity of the declension of ghi words will be treated later on. The word hrasva is understood in this sutra. The word sesha or 'the rest' implies 'the words ending in short इ or उ which are not the names of females, or if they are feminine names, they are not nadi words.'
As अग्नि fire. Before case affixes having an indicatory n, the ghi nouns gunate there vowel 7.3.111. As अग्नि + ङे = अग्ने + ए = अग्नये to the fire. So also वायु + ङे = वायवे to the wind. But the declension of sakhi in these cases is :- सख्या सख्ये सख्यु and सख्यौ.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.