7.1.47
क्त्वो यक्
Operational rule vidhi
In the छन्दस् (Vedas) the Absolutive affix क्त्वा gets at the end the augment य.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target क्त्वः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term यक् 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
क्त्वः यक्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
क्त्वः → यक्
Replace ktvaḥ with yak. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
In the छन्दस् (Vedas) the Absolutive affix क्त्वा gets at the end the augment य।
Thus दत्वाय सविता धियः (for दत्वा), This sutra is not read immediately after 7.1.38, as in that sutra, the anuvritti of samasa is understood, while there is no such anuvritti here.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.