3.1.44
च्लेः सिच्
Operational rule vidhi
The च्लि विकरण is converted to सिच्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target च्लेः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
च्लेः सिच्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
च्लेः → सिच्
Replace cleḥ with sic. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
Of च्लि , सिच् is the substitute.
The इ of सिच् is for the sake of pronunciation, the च is for accent, and the real affix is स्; as अकार्षीत् 'he did'. When सिच् is added, the terminations of the Aorist assume the following forms.
Parasmaipada.
- 1st person, सं, स्व, स्म
- 2nd person, सीः, स्तं, तं, स्त, त
- 3rd person, सीत्, स्तां, तां, सुः
Atmanepada.
- 1st person, सि, स्वहि, स्महि
- 2nd person, स्थाः, थाः, साथां, ध्वं
- 3rd person, स्त, त, सातां, सत
The substitution of सिच् is optional in the Aorist of the roots स्पृश् 'to touch', मृश् 'to rub', कृष् 'to plough', तृप् 'to become satisfied', and दृप् 'to light'. Thus the Aorist of स्पृश् has three forms; अस्प्राक्षीत्; अस्पार्क्षीत्, or अस्पृक्षत्. Similarly मृश् has अम्राक्षीत्, अमार्क्षीत् or अमृक्षत्; कृष्, अकार्षीत् अक्राक्षीत् or अकृक्षत्; तृप्, अतार्प्सीत्, अत्राप्सीत्, or अतृपत्; दृप्, अद्राप्सीत्, अदार्प्सीत् or अदृपत् ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.