3.3.105
चिन्तिपूजिकथिकुम्बिचर्चश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अण् as well as the affix युच् come after the following verbs, forming feminine words - 1. चिन्त् 'to think' 2. पूज् 'to worship' 3. कथ् 'to narrate' 4. कुम्ब् 'to cover' 5. चर्च् 'to learn'
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context चिन्ति- पूजि- कथि- कुम्बि- चर्चः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Commentary
The affix अण् as well as the affix युच् come after the following verbs, forming feminine words - 1. चिन्त् 'to think' 2. पूज् 'to worship' 3. कथ् 'to narrate' 4. कुम्ब् 'to cover' 5. चर्च् 'to learn'
The force of च is to include the affix युच् into this sutra (see III.3.107). All these verbs belong to the Churadi or 10th class, and would have exclusively taken युच् by 3.3.107.
Thus चिन्ता 'thought'; पूजा 'worship'; कथा 'narration'; कुम्बा 'a covering', 'a thick petticoat'; चर्च्चा 'recitation'.
When the affix is युच्, the forms are चिन्तना &c. (VII.I.I).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.