4.1.68
पङ्गोश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The feminine affix ऊङ् comes after the word पंगु 'lame'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context पङ्गोः pañcamī · 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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पङ्गोः च
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Commentary
The feminine affix ऊङ् comes after the word पंगु 'lame'.
As पंगू 'a female lame'.
Vart:- The feminine affix ऊङ् is added to श्वशुर, and thereby there is elision of the letter उ and of the letter अ of the word. As श्वश्रूः 'mother-in-law' This debars the punyoga ङीष् of 4.1.48.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.