7.1.19
नपुंसकाच्च
Operational rule vidhi
The औ and औट्-प्रत्ययs following a नपुंसक अङ्ग get the आदेश 'शी'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context नपुंसकात् pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
नपुंसकात् च
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Commentary
After a neutral अङ्ग (stem), ई is substituted for the dual endings औ of Nominative 1st-Case and Accusative -2nd case.
Thus कुण्डेः तिष्ठतः, कुण्डे पश्य ॥ कुण्ड + ई = कुण्डे, the अ of कुण्ड required to be elided by 6.4.148. This is, however, not done by the following
Vart:- Prohibition should be stated in the case of the affix शी ॥ Therefore the अ is not elided.
Similarly दधिनी, मधुनी, त्रपुणी, जतुनी ॥ The augment न् is added by 7.1.73.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.