चित्याग्निचित्ये च

Operational rule vidhi

The words चित्य and ग्निचित्य are also irregularly formed.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term चित्य- अग्निचित्ये prathamā · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyaya

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Full reading

चित्य-अग्निचित्ये च

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Commentary

The words चित्य and ग्निचित्य are also irregularly formed.
The word चित्यः comes from the root चि 'to collect', and means fire i. e. that which is collected. As चित्योऽग्निः 'the funeral pile fire'. The word अग्निचित्या means, arranging the fire. The affix य has been added to denote condition, together with the augment तुक् (त्). These words have udatta accent on the last vowel. The regular form is चेयम् 'to be gathered'.

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