6.3.136
निपातस्य च
Operational rule vidhi
In the ऋग्वेद the final of a particle is lengthened.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Commentary
In the ऋग्वेद the final of a particle is lengthened.
Thus एवा ते, अच्छाते, अच्छा जरितारः (Rig. I.2.2).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.