5.3.84
शेवलसुपरिविशालवरुणार्यमादीनां तृतीयात्
Operational rule vidhi
There is elision of that portion of the word which follows the third vowel in the case of a man-name beginning with 1. शेवल 2. सुपरि 3. विशाल 4. वरुण 5. आर्यमान् when the above affixes ठ or those having initial vowel follow.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target शेवल- सुपरि- विशाल- वरुण- अर्यमा- आदीनाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacanaLeft context तृतीयात् pañcamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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शेवल-
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Commentary
There is elision of that portion of the word which follows the third vowel in the case of a man-name beginning with 1. शेवल 2. सुपरि 3. विशाल 4. वरुण 5. आर्यमान् when the above affixes ठ or those having initial vowel follow.
This debars the previous sutra. Thus अनुकम्पितः शेवलदत्तः = शेवलिकः, शेवलियः, शेवलिलः, सुपरिकः, सुपरियः, सुपरिलः from सुपरिदत्तः; so also विशालिकः, विशालियः, विशालिलः, वरुणिकः, वरुणियः, वरुनिलः, अर्यमिकः, अर्यमियः, and अर्यमिलः ॥
Vart:- The third vowel must be the original third vowel, and not that which results from Sandhi. Thus in शेवलेन्द्रदत्तः and सुपार्याशीर्दत्तः; though the apparent third vowels are ए and आ, but they being the result of compounding between शेवल + इन्द्र and सुपारि + आशीस्; the original vowels are taken. Thus शेवलिकः from शेवलेन्द्रदतः, and सुपरिकः from सुपार्याशीर्दत्तः; and not शवलेयिकः and सुपयिकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.