6.4.139
उद ईत्
Operational rule vidhi
If the word अच् - (1) happens to be derived from the धातु अञ्च् (गतौ) , (2) follows the word उद्, and (3) gets the भसंज्ञा, then the अकार of अच् is converted to ईकार.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context उदः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ईत् prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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
उदः ईत्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The long ई is substituted for the अ of अच् (अञ्च् ) after the word उत् when the अङ्ग (stem) is भ।
As उदीचः, उदीचा, उदीचे ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.