6.4.40
गमः क्वौ
Operational rule vidhi
The nasal of गम् is always elided before क्वि.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target गमः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaRight context क्वौ saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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गमः क्वौ
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Commentary
The nasal of गम् is always elided before क्वि।
Thus अङ्गगत्, कलिङ्गगत्, अध्वगतो हरयः ॥ The त् is added by 6.1.71.
Vart:- It should be stated of गम् and the rest. The elision takes place here also संयत्, परीतत् ॥
Vart:- The nasal of गम् &c. is elided before ऊङ् : as, अग्रेगूः, अग्रेभ्रूः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.