8.2.39
झलां जशोऽन्ते
Operational rule vidhi
A झल् letter occurring at end of a पद is converted to the corresponding जश् letter.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · bahuvacanaRight context अन्ते saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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
अन्ते
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
→ / अन्ते
Replace jhalām with jaśaḥ when ante follows. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
A corresponding ज, ब, ग, ड or द is substituted for all consonants (with the exception of semi-vowels and nasals) at the end of a word.
As वाग् अत्र, श्वलिड् अत्र, अग्निचिद् अत्र, त्रिष्टुब् अत्र ॥ The word श्वलिट् is formed by changing the ह् of लिह् to ढ first, and then changing this ढ to ड, a jas-letter.
The word अन्त 'at the end' is used in the sutra to indicate that the anuvritti of झलि ceases. Thus वस्ता, वस्तुम्, वस्तव्यम् ॥
The exceptions to this have been given in 8.2.30 &c, and 8.2.66. At an avasana or Pause, a चर् consonant may be substituted for a झल् by 8.4.56.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.