7.3.65
ण्य आवश्यके
Operational rule vidhi
A guttural is not substituted for the palatal before the affix ण्य when it means 'to do as absolute necessity'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context ण्ये saptamī · ekavacanaRight context आवश्यके saptamī · ekavacana
- 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
ण्ये आवश्यके
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Commentary
A guttural is not substituted for the palatal before the affix ण्य when it means 'to do as absolute necessity'.
As अवश्य पाच्यम्, अवश्य वाच्यम्, अवश्यरेच्यम्, but पाक्यं, वाक्यं and रेक्यं when the sense is not that of necessity.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.