4.1.122
इतश्चानिञः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ढक् comes in the sense of a descendant after a disyllabic प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) ending in short इ , but not, however after a word ending in the Patronymic affix इञ्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaLeft context अनिञः pañcamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
च अनिञः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The affix ढक् comes in the sense of a descendant after a disyllabic प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) ending in short इ , but not, however after a word ending in the Patronymic affix इञ्।
The anuvritti of 'stri' does not extend to this aphorism. The force of the word च in the sutra is to draw the anuvritti of the word द्व्यचः of the last sutra. Thus आत्रेयः 'the son of Atri'. नैधेयः 'the son of निधिः' ।
Why do we say "after a word ending in short इ"? Observe दाक्षिः "son of दक्ष" ॥ Here दक्ष though a dissyllabic word, yet ends in अ ॥
Why do we say 'not ending in the patronymic affix इञ्'? Observe दाक्षायणः 'son of दाक्षि' ॥ Here though दाक्षि is a dissyllabic word ending in short इ, it does not take the affix ढक् for इ here is the affix इञ् 4.1.95; so also प्लाक्षायनः ॥ Why do we say 'having two vowels'? Observe मारीचः "son of मरीचिः"
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.