4.2.30
सोमाट्ट्यण्
Operational rule vidhi
The word सोम gets the प्रत्यय 'ट्यण्' in the meaning of 'सा अस्य देवता'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context सोमात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ट्यण् prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
सोमात् ट्यण्
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Commentary
The affix ट्यण् comes after the name सोम in the sense of 'this its deity'.
This debars अण् ॥ The ण् of ट्यण् causes Vriddhi. The ट causes the affixing of ङीप् in the feminine. Thus सौम्यं हविः, सौम्यं सूक्तम्, सौमी ऋक् ॥ सौम्य + ङीप् 4.1.15 = सौम् + ई 6.4.150 = सौमी ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.