7.1.74
तृतीयादिषु भाषितपुंस्कं पुंवद्गालवस्य
Operational rule vidhi
According to गालवाचार्य, for a नपुंसकलिङ्ग word which can be used also as a पुंलिङ्ग word with the same meaning, the तृतीया onwards forms are like that of the पुंलिङ्ग word.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context तृतीया- आदिषु saptamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term भाषितपुंस्कम् prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable पुंवत् avyayaTarget गालवस्य ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- 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").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
तृतीया-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
गालवस्य → भाषितपुंस्कम् / तृतीया-
Replace gālavasya with bhāṣitapuṃskam when tṛtīyā-ādiṣu follows. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
A Neuter अङ्ग (stem) ending in a vowel except अ , of which there exists an equivalent, uniform masculine, is treated like the masculine, in the opinion of गावल before the vowel beginning affixes of the Instrumental -3rd case and the cases that follow it.
As in the Masculine there is no shortening, nor the addition of युम्, so here also. As ग्रामणी is the equivalent, uniform masculine of the neuter form ग्रामणि, we have either Instrumental ग्रामणिना or ग्रामण्या ब्राह्मणकुलेन, the Instrumental Singular of ग्रामणि noun Similarly Dative ग्रामणिने or ग्रामण्ये ब्राह्मणकुलाय; Ablative ग्रामणिनो or ग्रामण्यो ब्राह्मणकुलात्, Genitive Singular ग्रामणिनो or ग्रामण्यो ब्राह्मणकुलस्य, Genitive Dual ग्रामणिनोर्ब्राह्मणकुलयोः or ग्रामण्योः; Genitive Plural ग्रामणीनां or ग्रामण्यां ब्राह्मणकुलानां ॥ Locative ग्रामणिनि or ग्रामण्यां ब्राह्मणकुले ॥ Similarly : Instrumental शुचिना (same form in masculine, and neuter), Dative शुचये or शुचिने; Ablative and Genitive शुचेः or शुचिनः Genitive Dual शुच्योः or शुचिनोः Locative शुचौ or शुचिनि ॥
Why do we say after the 3rd case and the rest? Observe ग्रामणिनी ब्राह्मणकुले, and शुचिनी Nominative dual. Why do we say having an appropriate masculine of the same form and meaning? Observe त्रपुण, जतुन ॥ Why have we only one form पीलुने फलाय, when पीलुर्वृक्षः and पीलुफलं show that पीलु has a masculine form also. The word पीलु is masculine when it applies to 'trees', and पीलु is neuter when it refers to 'fruits'; so this word पीलु cannot be said to be भाषितपुंस्कः, the masculine पीलु not having the same meaning as the neuter पीलु ॥ See 6.3.34.
Why do we say "ending in a vowel except अ"? Observe कीलालपा ब्राह्मणः and कीलालपं ब्राह्मणकुलं; the Instrumental &c of कीलालपा will not be the Instrumental &c of कीलालपं ॥ The latter will have only one form कीलालपेन ब्राह्मणकुलेन ॥ &c.
Before case affixes beginning with a consonant we have one form only, as ग्रामणीभ्यां ब्राह्मणकुलाभ्याम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.