लः परस्मैपदम्

Definition saṃjñā परस्मैपदसंज्ञा

The आदेशा that occur in place of a लकार are known as परस्मैपद.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Of लः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana

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.

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See the table this defines: 3.4.78 तिङ् The 18 verb endings →See the table this defines: 3.4.82 लिट् Perfect (liṭ) parasmaipada endings →

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लः

Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.

Commentary

The substitutes of ल are called परस्मैपद।
The word लः is in the genitive case, and means 'of ल.' The word आदेश 'substitutes' must be supplied to complete the sense. The term ल is a generic word for verb in general, viz., लट्, लिट्, लुट्, लृट्, लेट्, लोट्, लङ्, लिङ्, लुङ्, लृङ्. The substitutes of ल are the well known personal terminations by which the verbs are conjugated in those tenses. Namely the following.

PARASMAIPADA.

- 3rd person - तिप्, तस्, झि
- 2nd person - सिप्, थस्, थ
- 1st person - मिप्, वस्, मस्

And the affixes शतृ and क्वसु 3.2.107, and 3.2.124, and 3.4.78.

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