3.4.89
मेर्निः
Operational rule vidhi
In the context of लोट्लकार, the मिप् प्रत्यय is converted to नि.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target मेः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term निः prathamā · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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
मेः निः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
मेः → निः
Replace meḥ with niḥ. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
In the लोट् (Imperative Mood) नि is substituted for the affix मि।
This supersedes the rule relating to the change of इ into उ, and the rule of lopa; see the table; thus पचानि, पठानि ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.