7.2.118
किति च
Operational rule vidhi
When followed by a कित् तद्धित-प्रत्यय, the आदि-स्वर of the अङ्ग undergoes a वृद्धि.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context किति saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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किति च
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Commentary
The वृद्धि is substituted for the first vowel of the अङ्ग (stem) when a तद्धित affix with an indicatory क् follows.
As नाडायन् with फक्, so also चारायणः 4.1.99, आक्षिकः and शालाकिकः with ठक् 4.4.1.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.