3.3.111
पर्यायार्हर्णोत्पत्तिषु ण्वुच्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ण्वुच् comes optionally after a root in the sense of succession, merit, debt or production.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context पर्याय- अर्ह- ऋण- उत्पत्तिषु saptamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term ण्वुच् prathamā · ekavacana
- 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").
- 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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Commentary
The affix ण्वुच् comes optionally after a root in the sense of succession, merit, debt or production.
The word पर्याय means turn or order of succession; अर्ह means worthy of respect; ॠणं means debt owed to another; and उत्पत्ति means birth or production. This rule supersedes क्तिन् and other affixes. Thus: (1) भवतः शयिका 'your turn of sleeping'; भवतोऽग्रग्रासिका 'your turn of eating first'. (2) अर्हति भवानिक्षुभक्षिकाम् 'you deserve to have a meal of sugar and molasses'. (3) इक्षुभक्षिकां मे धारयसि 'thou owest me a meal of sugar and molasses'; ओदनभोजिकां 'a meal of rice'; पयः पायिकां 'a drink of milk'. (4) इक्षुभक्षिका मे उदपादि ।
The word 'optionally' is understood in this sutra also; as चिकीर्षोत्पद्यते ।
The forms given by ण्वुल् and ण्वुच् are the same, the difference is only in the accent. 6.1.193 and 6.1.163.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.