8.4.15
हिनुमीना
Operational rule vidhi
The नकार associated with the forms of the verbs हि and मी is converted to णकार in presence of a रेफयुक्त उपसर्ग.
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हिनु मीना
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Commentary
The न of हिनु and मीना is changed to ण , when coming after an उपसर्ग containing in it a cause of change.
Thus प्रहिणोति, प्रहिणुतः, प्रमीणाति, प्रमीणीतः ॥ The root हि belongs to Svadi class of verbs and takes the vikarana नु technically श्नु; and the root मी belongs to Kryadi class which takes the vikarana श्ना ॥ In the sutra the verbs are shown with the vikaranas affixed. Under certain circumstances the forms of the vikarana is changed from नु to नो and ना to नी, but the rule still applies, because the substitute of an अच् or vowel is like the principal. See (l. I.57).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.