6.3.40
स्वाङ्गाच्चेतोऽमानिनि
Extension atideśa उत्तरपदाधिकारे पुंवद्भावातिदेशः
A feminine in ई ending in the name of a part of body does not become masculine except the word मानिन् follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context स्वाङ्गात् pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaTarget ईतः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaTarget अमानिनि ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
Full reading
स्वाङ्गात् च ईतः अमानिनि
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
A feminine in ई ending in the name of a part of body does not become masculine except the word मानिन् follows.
Thus दीर्घकेशीभार्यः, शुक्लकेशीभार्यः, दीर्घकेशीपाशा, श्लक्ष्णकेशीपाशा, दीर्घकेशीयते, श्लक्ष्णकेशीयते, but पटुभार्यः (पटु not denoting any bodily member), अकेशभार्यः (अकेशा भार्या, not ending in long ई), and दीर्घकेशमानिनी ॥ The exception अमानिनि has been added from the Vartika and is no part of the original sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.