6.3.127
चितेः कपि
Operational rule vidhi
The final word of चिति is lengthened before the affix कप्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target चितेः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaRight context कपि saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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
चितेः कपि
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Commentary
The final word of चिति is lengthened before the affix कप्।
Thus एकचितीकः, द्विचितीकः, त्रिचितीकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.