3.4.98
स उत्तमस्य
Operational rule vidhi
The स् of the first person is optionally elided in the लेट् (Vedic Subjunctive).
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Target सः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaTarget ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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सः
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Commentary
The स् of the first person is optionally elided in the लेट् (Vedic Subjunctive).
As करवाव or करवावः, करवाम or करवामः । The first person is used in the sutra to indicate that the स् is not elided in any other person.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.