6.4.59
क्षियः
Operational rule vidhi
A long is substituted for the इ of क्षि before the Absolutive affix ल्यप्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target क्षियः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
क्षियः
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Commentary
A long is substituted for the इ of क्षि before the Absolutive affix ल्यप्।
As प्रक्षीय, उपक्षीय ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.