6.4.130
पादः पत्
Operational rule vidhi
The भसंज्ञक अङ्ग of the word पाद् gets पद् as आदेश.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target पादः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term पत् prathamā · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
पादः पत्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
पादः → पत्
Replace pādaḥ with pat. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
For पाद is substituted पद् when the former is भ।
The substitute replaces the whole form पाद् and not only the final, on the maxim निर्दिश्यमानस्यादेशा भवन्ति "substitutes take the place of that which is actually enunciated in a rule." ॥ Thus द्विपदः पश्य, द्विपदा, द्विपदे, द्विपदिकां ददाति 5.4.1, त्रिपदिकां ददाति, वैयाघ्रपद्यः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.