8.3.23
मोऽनुस्वारः
Operational rule vidhi
In the context of संहिता, the मकार at the end of a पद is converted to अनुस्वार when it is followed by a हल् वर्ण.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target मः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अनुस्वारः prathamā · 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.
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Full reading
मः अनुस्वारः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
मः → अनुस्वारः
Replace maḥ with anusvāraḥ. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
The अनुस्वार is substituted for म् at the end of a word, before a consonant.
Thus कुण्डं हसति, वनं हसति, कुण्डं याति, वनं याति ॥ The word हलि is understood in this sutra. Therefore not here, त्वमत्र, किमत्र ॥ The म् must be at the end of pada; therefore not here; गम्यते, रम्यते ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.