3.3.173
आशिषि लिङ्लोटौ
Operational rule vidhi
लिङ्लकार and लोट्लकार are used to express the desire of something that cannot be easily attained.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context आशिषि saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term - औ prathamā · dvivacana
- 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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Full reading
आशिषि लिङ्-
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Commentary
The affixes लिङ् (Benedictive) and लोट् (Imperative) come after a verb by which 'benediction' is intended.
The word आशीस् means the wish to obtain an object which one desires, a blessing, an expression of one's good wishes. The लिङ् here referred to is what is known as the आशीर्लिङ् or the Benedictive tense. Its conjugation is different from the conjugation of the ordinary लिङ् which we have called the Potential or Optative; as चिरं जीव्याद् भवान् or चिरं जीवतु भवान् 'may you live long'!
Why do we say 'when denoting benediction'. Observe चिरं जीवति देवदत्तः 'Devadatta lives long'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.