5.2.96
प्राणिस्थादातो लजन्यतरस्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix लच् comes optionally in the sense of मतुप् after a stem ending in long आ the word expressing something which is found only in a living being.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context प्राणिस्थात् pañcamī · ekavacanaLeft context आतः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ल prathamā · ekavacanaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् saptamī · 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.
- 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").
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Full reading
प्राणिस्थात् आतः लच् अन्यतरस्याम्
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Commentary
The affix लच् comes optionally in the sense of मतुप् after a stem ending in long आ the word expressing something which is found only in a living being.
Thus from चूडा 'a crest', we have चूडालः or चूडावान्. So also कर्णिकालः or कर्णिकावान् ॥ Why do we say 'which is found in a living being'? Observe शिखावान् प्रदीपः 'the crested flame of a lamp'. Why do we say "ending in आ"? Observe हस्तवान्, पादवान् ॥
Vart:- It should be stated that the affix लच् comes only after what denotes member or limb of a living being, (and not anything like love, passion, intelligence &c, that are also found in living being). Hence there is no affixing of लच् here : चिकीर्षाऽस्यास्ति = चिकीर्षावान्, जिहीर्षावान् ॥
Every affix is udatta 3.1.3, unless contrary is indicated by some anubandha. The लच् would have been udatta by 3.1.3, even without the indicatory च् (V1.1. 163). The employment of this anubandha, however indicates that this udatta will never be changed into svarita, as other udattas are by rule 8.2.6, as चूडालोऽसि ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.