6.1.41
ल्यपि च
Operational rule vidhi
The semi-vowel of वे 'to weave' is not vocalised in the Participial affix ल्यप् follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context ल्यपि saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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ल्यपि च
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Commentary
The semi-vowel of वे 'to weave' is not vocalised in the Participial affix ल्यप् follows.
Thus प्रवाय, उपवाय ॥ The separation of this sutra from the last, is for the sake of the subsequent sutras, into which the anuvritti of ल्यप् only runs.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.