8.2.26
झलो झलि
Operational rule vidhi
The स् is elided when it is preceded by a झल् consonant (all consonant except semi-vowels and nasals) and is followed by an affix beginning with a झल् consonant.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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
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Commentary
The स् is elided when it is preceded by a झल् consonant (all consonant except semi-vowels and nasals) and is followed by an affix beginning with a झल् consonant.
Thus अभित्त for अभित्स्त, अभित्थाः for अभित्स्थाः ॥ So also अच्छित्त, अच्छित्थाः, अवात्ताम्, अवात्त ॥ The last example may also be explained by 7.4.49; the elision of the स of सिच् being considered as asiddha, the स् of the root is changed to त् ॥
Why do we say 'of a jhal consonant'? Observe अमंस्त and अमंस्थाः ॥ Why do we say followed by a jhal consonant ? Observe अभित्साताम्, अभित्सत ॥
The स of this sutra refers also to the स of सिच्; no other स is elided. As सोममसुत् स्तोता; दृषत् स्थानम् ॥ Here the स of स्तोता and स्थानं, though preceded by a jhal letter त्, could never be elided as they do not form portion of one word.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.