7.1.60
मस्जिनशोर्झलि
Operational rule vidhi
The verb roots मस्ज् and नश् get a नुमागम when followed by a झलादि प्रत्यय.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target मस्जि- नशोः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacanaRight context 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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Full reading
मस्जि-
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Commentary
The augment नुम् is added after the vowel of the roots मस्ज् and नश् before an affix beginning with any consonant other than a semi-vowel or a nasal.
As मङ्क्ता, मस्ज् + तृच् (no इट् by 7.2.10), add न् = मस् न् ज् + तृ, elide स् by 8.2.29, change ज् to क्, and न् to anusvara, which then becomes ङ् ॥ मङ्क्तुम्, मङ्क्तव्यम्, मंष्टा, मंष्टुम् and मंष्टव्यम् ॥ But मज्जनम् and नशिता, and मग्न 6.4.32. In मग्नः and मग्नवान्, the नुम् is supposed to be placed the last consonant in मस्ज्, in order that it may get elided.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.