3.3.102
अ प्रत्ययात्
Operational rule vidhi
After the verbs that end in an affix, there is the affix अ, the word being feminine.
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Word अ Left context pañcamī · ekavacana
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- 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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Commentary
After the verbs that end in an affix, there is the affix अ, the word being feminine.
The verbs that end in an affix are derivative roots, such as Desideratives, Causatives, Intensives and Denominatives. Though taking affixes, they are called धातु 3.1.32, after these verbs the affix अ is used in forming the feminine noun.
Thus कृ + सन् = चिकीर्ष् 'to wish to do'; this is a Derivative root; after this root चिकीर्ष्, we add अ । Thus चिकीर्ष् + अ 6.4.48 = चिकीर्ष । Then we add टाप् by 4.1.4 and get चिकीर्षा 'the desire to do'; so also जिहीर्षा 'the desire to take'; पुत्रीया 'the desire to be like a son'; पुत्रकाम्या 'desire of a son'; लोलूया 'much cutting'; कण्डूया 'itch'. The sutra is also found as अः प्रत्ययात् ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.