6.3.41
जातेश्च
Extension atideśa उत्तरपदाधिकारे पुंवद्भावातिदेशः
A feminine noun expressing a class of kind does not become masculine.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target जातेः 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".
Full reading
जातेः च
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
A feminine noun expressing a class of kind does not become masculine.
Thus कठीभार्यः, बह्वृचीभार्यः कठीपाशा, बह्वृचीपाशा, कठीयते, बह्वृचीयते ॥ But not so when मानिन् follows, as कठमानिनी, बह्वृचमानिनी ॥
The exception does not apply to हस्तिनीनां समूहः = हास्तिकम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.