6.4.94
खचि ह्रस्वः
Operational rule vidhi
The penultimate of the Causative अङ्ग (stem) is shortened before the affix खच्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context खचि saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
- 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").
- 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
खचि
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Commentary
The penultimate of the Causative अङ्ग (stem) is shortened before the affix खच्।
Thus द्विषन्तपः, परंतपः, पुरंदरः ॥ See 3.2.29 and 3.2.41.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.