8.3.79

विभाषेटः

Operational rule vidhi

The cerebral sound is optionally substituted for the ध् of षीध्वम् and of the Aorist and the लिट् (Perfect Tense) after the augment इट् when the stem ends in inn

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaLeft context इटः pañcamī · ekavacana
  • Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
  • Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.

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इटः

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Commentary

The cerebral sound is optionally substituted for the ध् of षीध्वम् and of the Aorist and the लिट् (Perfect Tense) after the augment इट् when the stem ends in inn
Thus लू + इट् + षीध्वम् = लविषीध्वम् or लविषीढ्वम् so also पविषीध्वम् or पविषीढ्वम् fromपू ॥ Aorist:- अलविध्वम् or अलविढ्वम् ॥ Perfect:- लुलुविध्वे or लुलुविढ्वे ॥

The word इण is understood here and it qualifies the word इट्, so that the stem should end in an इण् vowel which should be followed by the इट् augment and this letter should be followed by षीध्वम् and the ध beginning affixes of the Aorist and the Perfect. If the stem does not end in an इण् vowel, the rule will not apply; as आसिषीध्वम् from the root आस उपवेशने ॥

Then in the word उपदिदीयिद्ध्वे, will the cerebral change not take place by the option of this sutra or otherwise? This is from the root दीङ् क्षये in the Perfect with the augment इट् 7.2.13, and युट् (by VI.4.63). Some say that as the augment युट् intervenes between the stem ending in ई (इण् vowel), and the augment इट्, therefore this rule will not apply and there will not be the optional ढ ॥ Others hold that the anuvritti of अङ्गात् has ceased, and the anuvritti of इण् is only current, in this sutra, and there is no intervention and so there will be the optional change into ढ ॥

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.

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