3.4.116
लिङाशिषि
Definition saṃjñā आर्धधातुकसंज्ञा
The प्रत्ययs of आशीर्लिङ्-लकार are termed आर्धधातुक.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject prathamā · ekavacanaIn / when आशिषि saptamī · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
- In / when Saptamī (7th case): "in X" or "when X", a domain or condition.
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Full reading
लिङ् आशिषि
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Commentary
When the sense is that of Benediction, the substitutes of लिङ् (Benedictive) are called आर्द्धधातुक i.e. the तिङ् (Personal Endings) of the लिङ् (Benedictive) are आर्द्धधातुक ।
This debars these affixes from being called sarvadhatuka. Being ardhadhatuka they take the augment इट्, and before these affixes the root does not take the Vikaranas शप् &c. Thus from the root लू 'to cut', we have in the आशीर्लिङ्, लविसीष्ट; and from the root पू 'to purify', पविषीष्ट. But in the विधिलिङ् (Potential), we have the proper Vikaranas &c. as लुनीयात्, पुनीयात् ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.