7.3.111
घेर्ङिति
Operational rule vidhi
A घि-संज्ञक अङ्ग gets a गुणादेश in presence of a ङित्-प्रत्यय.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaRight context ङिति 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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ङिति
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Commentary
For the इ and उ of the stems called घि -- यू स्त्र्याख्यौ नदी 1.4.3, गुण is substituted in the Dative -4th Case, Ablative -5th case and Genitive 6th-Case singular.
As अग्नये, वायवे, आग्नेः, वायोः, 6.1.110. Why of घि stems? Observe सख्ये, पत्ये ॥ Why in the Singulars of the Dative, Ablative and Locative only? Observe अग्निः-भ्याम् ॥ The word case ending (सुपि) is understood here also, as the counter-examples are पट्वी, कुरुतः ॥
The word पट्वी is formed by adding ङीष् to पटु 4.1.44. ङीष् is not a case-affix, though it is ङित् and is added to पटु which is घि ॥ कुरुतः is no proper example: for though तस् which is added to कुरु is ङित्, it is only so by atidesa (सार्वधातुकमपित्), and moreover कुरु is not घि ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.