7.2.53
अञ्चेः पूजायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes क्त्वा , क्त and क्त्वातु get the इट् augment after the root अञ्च् when meaning 'to honour or do something to show honour'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अञ्चेः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context पूजायाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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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अञ्चेः पूजायाम्
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Commentary
The affixes क्त्वा , क्त and क्त्वातु get the इट् augment after the root अञ्च् when meaning 'to honour or do something to show honour'.
As अञ्चित्वा जानु जुहोति, अञ्चिता अस्य गुरवः 3.2.188, 6.4.30, 2.3.67 By 7.2.56 अञ्चु would optionally have caused इट् to come before ktva, and hence by 7.2.15 never before the Nishtha. This sutra ordains invariable addition of this augment. Why do we say when meaning 'to honor'? Observe उदक्तमुदकं कूपात्, 'the water is raised from the well'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.