5.3.61

ज्य च

Operational rule vidhi

For प्रशस्य is also substituted ज्य when the affixes इष्ठन् and इयसुन् follow.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Word ज्य Indeclinable च avyaya
  • Word Case not marked in the source data.
  • Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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ज्य च

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Commentary

For प्रशस्य is also substituted ज्य when the affixes इष्ठन् and इयसुन् follow.
As ज्येष्ठः, ज्यायान् (आ is substituted for the ई of ईयस् by 6.4.160).

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.

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