8.4.37
पदान्तस्य
Operational rule vidhi
A नकार occurring at end of a पद does not get णत्वम् .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target पदान्तस्य ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
Full reading
पदान्तस्य
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
Of a न् final in a पद , ण् is not the substitute.
Thus वृक्षान्, प्लक्षान्, अरीन्, गिरीन् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.