3.4.85
लोटो लङ्वत्
Extension atideśa लकारप्रत्ययातिदेशः
The प्रत्ययाः of the लोट्-लकार are derived in the same way as that of the लङ्लकार.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target लोटः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaIndeclinable लङ्वत् avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
लोटः लङ्वत्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The personal endings of the लोट् (Imperative Mood) are as those of the लङ् (Imperfect Tense).
This is an अतिदेश sutra; as in the लङ् there are the affixes ताम्, तम्, त, व and म, so also in the लोट् । Thus पचताम्, पचतम्, पचत, पचाव, पचाम ।
Q -- If लोट् is like लङ्, why have we not the augment अट्, आट्, or the substitution of जुस् or झि (see 3.4.111) in the case of लोट् also ?
A. -- The वा of sutra 3.4.83 is understood in this sutra also, so that the analogy between लोट् and लङ् is a limited analogy and does not make all the rules which are applicable to लङ्, equally applicable to लोट् also.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.