7.1.56
श्रीग्रामण्योश्छन्दसि
Operational rule vidhi
In the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the words श्री and ग्रामणी the Genitive 6th-Case plural आम् gets the augment न्.
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Target श्री- ग्रामण्योः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacanaRight context छन्दसि saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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").
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Commentary
In the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the words श्री and ग्रामणी the Genitive 6th-Case plural आम् gets the augment न्।
As श्रीणामुदारो धरुणो रयीणाम्, अन्यत्र सूतग्रामणीनाम् ॥ This sutra could be well dispensed with: by 1.4.5. श्री is optionally a Nadi in the Genitive plural. We make the option of that sutra a vyavasthita-vibhasha, by saying श्री is always Nadi in the Veda, and optionally every where else. As regards सूतग्रामणीनाम्, we have सूतश्च ग्रामणीश्च = सूतग्रामणि, the Genitive Plural of which by 7.1.54 will be सूतग्रामणीनाम् ॥
The necessity of this sutra will, however, arise if the compound be सूताश्च ते ग्रामण्यश्च सूतग्रामण्यः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.