6.4.53

जनिता मन्त्रे

Operational rule vidhi

In a मन्त्र the word जनिता is formed irregularly by the elision of णि before the affix तृ with the augment इट् .

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term जनिता prathamā · ekavacanaRight context मन्त्रे saptamī · ekavacana
  • Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
  • 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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जनिता मन्त्रे

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Commentary

In a मन्त्र the word जनिता is formed irregularly by the elision of णि before the affix तृ with the augment इट् ।
Thus यो नः पिता जनिता ॥ Otherwise जनयिता in secular literature. It is an exception to 6.4.51.

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

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