3.2.168
सनाशंसभिक्ष उः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix उ comes after the roots that have taken the affix सन् and after all the verbs आशंस् 'to wish' and भिक्ष 'to beg' in the sense of 'agent having such a habit etc.'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context सन्- आशंस- भिक्षः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term उः prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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
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Commentary
The affix उ comes after the roots that have taken the affix सन् and after all the verbs आशंस् 'to wish' and भिक्ष 'to beg' in the sense of 'agent having such a habit etc.'.
The term सन् in the aphorism means Desideratives in the affix सन्, and not the verb, सन् because the verb सन् is never seen with this affix.
As, चिकीर्षुः 'desirous of doing'; जिहीर्षुः 'desirous of taking'; आशंसुः 'desirous'; भिक्षुः 'a beggar'.
The verb आशंस् with the upasarga आ is the verb शसि 'to desire' and not the verb शंसि 'to praise'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.