7.3.48
अभाषितपुंस्काच्च
Operational rule vidhi
According to the opinion of Northern Grammarians इ is not substituted for that अ which is obtained by shortening the long आ of the feminine (under sūtra केऽणः (7.4.13)) when to the feminine in long आ there is no equivalent masculine, even when the negative particle precedes.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अभाषितपुंस्कात् pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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अभाषितपुंस्कात् च
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Commentary
According to the opinion of Northern Grammarians इ is not substituted for that अ which is obtained by shortening the long आ of the feminine (under sūtra केऽणः 7.4.13) when to the feminine in long आ there is no equivalent masculine, even when the negative particle precedes.
As खट्वका or खट्विका, अखट्विका or अखट्वका, परमखट्वका or परमखट्विका ॥ When before the affix कप्, the stem is shortened in a Bahuvrihi, this rule will apply 7.4.15. There also, the अ must be substituted for the आ of a feminine word which has no corresponding masculine. But this rule does not apply when the negative compound is the synthesis of अविद्यमाना खट्वा अस्याः = अखट्वा, अल्पा अखट्वा =अखट्विका ॥ Similarly अतिक्रान्ता खट्वाम् = अतिखट्वा, अल्पा अतिखट्वा =अतिखट्विका ॥
Note: The word खट्वा is always feminine and has no corresponding masculine.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.