4.1.161
मनोर्जातावञ्यतौ षुक् च
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes अञ् and यत् come after the word मनु and the augment षुक् is added when these affixes follow provided that the whole word so formed denotes a जाति (class name).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context मनोः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context जातौ saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अ - य औ prathamā · dvivacanaSubstitute / term षुक् prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
मनोः जातौ अञ्-
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Commentary
The affixes अञ् and यत् come after the word मनु and the augment षुक् is added when these affixes follow provided that the whole word so formed denotes a जाति (class name).
Karika
अपत्ये कुत्सिते मूढे मनोरौत्सर्गिकः स्मृतः ।
नकारस्य च मूर्द्धन्यस्तेन सिद्ध्यति माणवः ॥
Thus मनु + षुक् + अञ् = मानुषः "a man or man-kind". So also मनुष्यः formed with यत् ॥ These affixes here have not the force of Patronymics, hence they are not dropped in the plural, as मानुषाः "men". When the descendant is to be expressed, we have the affix अण् as मनु + अण् = मानवः 'son of Manu', as in मानवी प्रजा ॥ So also the word माणव, there न is changed into ण and denotes the descendant of Manu, with the sense of contempt as well as dullness implied.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.