3.4.90
आमेतः
Operational rule vidhi
An एकार present in the प्रत्ययाः of लोट्-लकार is converted to आम्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term आम् prathamā · ekavacanaTarget एतः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
आम् एतः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
एतः → आम्
Replace etaḥ with ām. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
In the लोट् (Imperative Mood) आम् is substituted for what would have substituted otherwise ए by टित आत्मनेपदानां टेरे 3.4.79.
This relates to the Atmanepada affix ए. In the Atmanepada, आम् is substituted for ए in the Imperative; see the table; पचताम्, पचेताम्, पचन्ताम् ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.