7.4.31
ई घ्राध्मोः
Operational rule vidhi
Long ई is substituted for the vowel of the roots 1. घ्रा and 2. ध्मा in the Intensive.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Word ई Target घ्राध्मोः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacana
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- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
ई घ्राध्मोः
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Commentary
Long ई is substituted for the vowel of the roots 1. घ्रा and 2. ध्मा in the Intensive.
As जेघ्रीयते, देध्मीयते ॥ The long ई is for the sake of the subsequent sutra, short इ would have, by 7.4.25, given the same forms also.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.