7.1.31
पञ्चम्या अत्
Operational rule vidhi
अत् is substituted for the Ablative -5th case ending भ्यस् after the अङ्ग (stems) युष्मद् and अस्मद्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target पञ्चम्याः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अत् prathamā · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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
पञ्चम्याः अत्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
पञ्चम्याः → अत्
Replace pañcamyāḥ with at. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
अत् is substituted for the Ablative -5th case ending भ्यस् after the अङ्ग (stems) युष्मद् and अस्मद्।
As युष्मत्, अस्मत् ॥ The द् is elided by 7.2.95, before the case ending भ्यस्, and युष्म + अत् = युष्मत् by 6.1.97.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.