4.1.38
मनोरौ वा
Operational rule vidhi
In forming the feminine with the affix ङीप् , औ is optionally the substitute of the final मनु (as well as the उदात्त ऐ).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target मनोः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaWord औ Indeclinable वा avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Word Case not marked in the source data.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
मनोः औ वा
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Commentary
In forming the feminine with the affix ङीप् , औ is optionally the substitute of the final मनु (as well as the उदात्त ऐ).
The phrases ऐ and उदात्त are understood. The force of वा is to make the substitution optional. Thus we have three forms, मनायी or मनावी or मनुः, all meaning 'the wife of Manu'. The word मनु has udatta accent on the first vowel, as it is formed from मन् by the affix उ (Un l. 10), which by Un I.9 is treated as having an indicatory म्, and affixes having indicatory न् throw the accent on the first syllable. 6.1.197
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.