8.2.93
विभाषा पृष्टप्रतिवचने हेः
Operational rule vidhi
हि at the end of an answer to a question may optionally be प्लुत.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaRight context पृष्टप्रतिवचने saptamī · ekavacanaTarget हेः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- 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").
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
पृष्टप्रतिवचने हेः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
हेः → / पृष्टप्रतिवचने optional
Replace heḥ with vibhāṣā when pṛṣṭaprativacane follows, optionally. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
हि at the end of an answer to a question may optionally be प्लुत।
Thus Question : अकार्षीः कटं देवदत्त ? Answer:- अकार्षं ही꣡ ३ or अकार्षं हि ॥ Question : अलावीः केदारं देवदत्त ? Answer : अलाविषं꣡ ही ३ or हि ॥
Why do we say "in answer to a question"? Observe कटं करिष्यति हि ॥
Why do we say हेः "of हि"? Observe करोमि ननु ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.