3.1.60
चिण् ते पदः
Operational rule vidhi
चिण् is the substitute of च्लि after the verb पद् 'to go' when the affix त follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term इ prathamā · ekavacanaRight context ते saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context pañcamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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").
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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Full reading
चिण् ते
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Commentary
चिण् is the substitute of च्लि after the verb पद् 'to go' when the affix त follows.
The affix त here means the third person singular tense-affix of the Atmanepada; as अपादि 'he went'; but not so in the dual and plural; as अपसाताम् 'they two went'; अपत्सत् 'they went'; अट् + पद + चिण् + त = अ + पाद् + त = अपादि (the affix त being elided by rule 6.4.104).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.