हनो वध लिङि

Operational rule vidhi

बध् is the substitute of हन् 'to kill' when the आर्धधातुक लिङ् (Benedictive) follows.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Target हनः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaWord वध Right context लिङि saptamī · ekavacana

Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").

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हनः वध लिङि

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Commentary

बध् is the substitute of हन् 'to kill' when the आर्धधातुक लिङ् (Benedictive) follows.
वध्यात् 'may he kill,' वध्यास्ताम् 'may they two kill,' वध्यासुः 'may they all kill.'

The substitute वध्, ends with short अ this अ is elided. This elision being like the original (sthanivat 1.1.56), in forming the Aorist, लुङ्, we have अवध् + ० + ईत् = अवधीत्. Here zero being sthanivat prevents the vriddhi of अ of व which otherwise would have take place by 7.2.7.

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