7.3.58
विभाषा चेः
Operational rule vidhi
A guttural is optionally substituted for the च् of चि 'to collect' after a reduplication in Desiderative and लिट् (Perfect Tense).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaTarget चेः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
चेः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
चेः → optional
Replace ceḥ with vibhāṣā, optionally. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
A guttural is optionally substituted for the च् of चि 'to collect' after a reduplication in Desiderative and लिट् (Perfect Tense).
As चिचीषति or चिकीषति, चिचाय or चिकाय ॥ But चेचीयते in other cases.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.