7.2.79
लिङः सलोपोऽनन्त्यस्य
Operational rule vidhi
For सार्वधातुक-लिङ्लकार, the सकार which is present in the प्रत्यय but which is not present at the end of the प्रत्यय is removed.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target लिङः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term सलोपः prathamā · ekavacanaTarget अनन्त्यस्य ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
लिङः सलोपः अनन्त्यस्य
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
लिङः अनन्त्यस्य → सलोपः
Replace liṅaḥ anantyasya with salopaḥ. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
In the सार्वधातुक लिङ् (Potential) the स् which is not final (i.e. the स् of the augments यास् and सीय् ) is elided.
What is the स् which is not final ? The स् of the augments यासुट्, सुट् and सीयुट् ॥ Thus कुर्यात्, कुर्याताम्, कुर्युः, कुर्वीत, कुर्वीयाताम्, कुर्वीरन् ॥ Why 'not the final'? Observe कुर्युः, कुर्याः ॥ Why in the Sarvadhatuka? Observe क्रियास्ताम्, क्रियासुः, कृषीष्ट, कृषीयास्ताम्, कृषीरन् in the Benedictive.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.