2.4.45
इणो गा लुङि
Operational rule vidhi
गा is the substitute of the root इण् when लुङ् (Aorist) follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target इणः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaWord गा Right context लुङि 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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Full reading
इणः गा लुङि
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Commentary
गा is the substitute of the root इण् when लुङ् (Aorist) follows.
अगात् 'he went' 2.4.77 अगाताम् 'they two went' जगुः 'they all went.' The repetition of the words लुङ् in this sutra though is anuvritti was coming from the last aphorisms, indicates that there is no option allowed even in the Atmanepada, गा being the invariable substitute in all the Padas. Thus अगायि भवता 'you, went.' The form अगात् is thus evolved आ + गा + सिच् + त् =, जगात् 2.4.77
Vart:- गा is the substitute of इक् 'to remember' in the Aorist as it is of इण्. Thus अध्यगात् 'he remembered.' अध्यागाताम्, अध्यगुः. The root इक् belongs to Adadi class.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.