7.3.32
हनस्तोऽचिण्णलोः
Operational rule vidhi
त् is substituted for the न् of the root हन् 'to kill' before an affix with a indicatory ञ् or ण् which also causes वृद्धि of the penultimate अ , but the augment is not added before the Aorist sign nor before the Personal ending णल् of the लिट् (Perfect Tense).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target हनः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term तः prathamā · ekavacanaRight context अचिण्णलोः saptamī · dvivacana
- 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.
- 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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Full reading
हनः तः अचिण्णलोः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
हनः → तः / अचिण्णलोः
Replace hanaḥ with taḥ when aciṇṇaloḥ follows. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
त् is substituted for the न् of the root हन् 'to kill' before an affix with a indicatory ञ् or ण् which also causes वृद्धि of the penultimate अ , but the augment is not added before the Aorist sign nor before the Personal ending णल् of the लिट् (Perfect Tense).
The anuvritti of 'Taddhita' ceases, and with it that of कित् also which causes Vriddhi in Taddhita only. The णित् and ञित् do govern still. Thus घातः (with घञ्), घातयति (with णिच्), घातकः (with ण्वुल्), साधुघातिन् with इञ्; घातंघातम् with णमुल् ॥ But जघामि and जघान with चिण् and णल् ॥ This sutra has reference to roots, and refers to those affixes only which come after roots (धातुप्रत्यय), therefore not here वार्त्रघ्नः from वृत्रहन् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.