6.3.36
क्यङ्मानिनोश्च
Extension atideśa उत्तरपदाधिकारे पुंवद्भावातिदेशः
A feminine word not ending in ऊङ् and having an equivalent and uniform masculine is changed into masculine before the Denominative कयङ् and the affix मानिन्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context क्यङ्- मानिनोः saptamī · dvivacanaIndeclinable 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".
Full reading
क्यङ्-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
A feminine word not ending in ऊङ् and having an equivalent and uniform masculine is changed into masculine before the Denominative कयङ् and the affix मानिन्।
Thus from एनी = एतायते, श्येनी = श्येतायते ॥ मानिन् :- दर्शनीयमानी अयमस्याः "He esteems her as handsome". दर्शनीयमानिनीयमस्याः (इयम् अस्याः "She esteems her as handsome". The word मानिन् is employed for the sake of non-feminine and non-appositional words. Thus non-feminine words :- दर्शनीयां मन्यते देवदत्तो यज्ञदत्तां = दर्शनीयमानी अयमस्याः ॥ For non-appositional words :- as, दर्शनीयां मन्यते देवदत्तां यज्ञदत्ता = दर्शनीयमानिनी इयमस्याः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.