गाथिविदथिकेशिगणिपणिनश्च

Operational rule vidhi

1. गाथिन् 2. विदथिन् 3. केशिन् 4. गणिन् and 5. पणिन् remain unchanged before the Patronymic also.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term गाथि- विदथि- केशि- गणि- पणिनः prathamā · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Full reading

गाथि-विदथि-केशि-गणि-पणिनः च

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Commentary

1. गाथिन् 2. विदथिन् 3. केशिन् 4. गणिन् and 5. पणिन् remain unchanged before the Patronymic also.
Thus गाथिनोऽपत्यं = गाथिनः, वैदथिनः, कैशिनः, गाणिनः, and पाणिनः ॥ This sutra applies to Patronymics.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.