3.2.74

आतो मनिन्क्वनिब्वनिपश्च

Operational rule vidhi

The affixes मनिन् (मन्), वनिप् (वन्), विनय (वन्) and विच् come in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the verbs which end in long आ , when used in a case-inflected word or उपसर्ग in in composition.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context आतः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term म - व - व अः prathamā · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
  • 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.
  • Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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आतः मनिन्-क्वनिप्-वनिपः च

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Commentary

The affixes मनिन् (मन्), वनिप् (वन्), विनय (वन्) and विच् come in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the verbs which end in long आ , when used in a case-inflected word or उपसर्ग in in composition.
The force of 'and' is to include विच्. Thus सुदा + मनिन् = सुदामन्, 1st. sing. सुदामा (Rig. VI.20.7) 'one who gives liberally'; अश्व + स्था + मनिन् = अश्वत्थामन्, 1st. sing. अश्वत्थामा 'the name of Asvatthaman'; सुधा + क्वनिप् = सुधी + वन् (VI.4 .66) = सुधीवन्, 1st. sing. सुधीवा 'having good understanding'; सुपा + क्वनिप् = सुपीवन्, 1st. sing. सुपीवा 'a good drinker'. भूरि + दा + वनिप् = भूरिदावन्, 1st. sing. भूरिदावा (Rig. II.27.17) 'liberal'; घृतपावन् 1st. sing. घृतपावा (Yaj. VI.19) ghee-drinker'.

The affix विच् is also included in this aphorism. As कीलाल + पा + विच् = कीलालपाः (Rig. X. 91.14) 'nectar-drinker'; शुभंवाः (Rig. IV. 3.6.) and Panini 7.3.46 'beautifully going'; रामस्योपदाः 'an offering of Rama.' (see sutra 3.3.106 and Yajur. Ved. XXX. 9).

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

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