5.2.31
नते नासिकायाः संज्ञायां टीटञ्नाटज्भ्रटचः
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes टीटच् , नाटच् and भ्रटच् come in the sense of 'a hooked nose' after the word अव when the word so formed is a Name.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context नते saptamī · ekavacanaTarget नासिकायाः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaRight context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term टीटच्- नाटच्- भ्रटचः prathamā · bahuvacana
- 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").
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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
नते नासिकायाः संज्ञायाम् टीटच्-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
नासिकायाः → टीटच्-
Replace nāsikāyāḥ with ṭīṭac-nāṭac-bhraṭacaḥ when nate saṃjñāyām follows. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
The affixes टीटच् , नाटच् and भ्रटच् come in the sense of 'a hooked nose' after the word अव when the word so formed is a Name.
Thus नासिकाया नतम् = अवटीटम्, or अवनाटम्, अवभ्रटम् ॥ The word signifies the nose, as well as the person also, as अवटीटा नासिका, अवटीटः पुरुषः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.