Pāṇini 4.1.79

Grammatical Sūtra: गोत्रावयवात्‌ gotrāvayavāt‌ Chantings of the aṣṭādhyāyī kindly with permision Sai Susarla.
Individual Word Components: gotrāvayavāt
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: gotrāvayavāt pratyayaḥ (3.1.1), paraḥ (3.1.2), ca (3.1.2), ādyudāttaḥ (3.1.3), ca (3.1.3), ṅyāpprātipadikāt (4.1.1), striyām (4.1.3), anupasarjanāt (4.1.14), taddhitāḥ (4.1.76), aṇiñoḥ (4.1.78), ṣyaṅ (4.1.78), gotre (4.1.78)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:4.1.76 (1taddhitāḥ)

Description:

After a word denoting a non-principal gotra, ((ṣyaṅ)) is the substitute of ((aṇ)) and ((iñ)), in the feminine, even though the syllable preceding the final be not prosodially long. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0

[The taddhitá 76 affix 3.1.1 ṢyaṄ replaces the taddhitá 76 affixes 3.1.1 áṆ and iÑ 78 introduced after 3.1.2 nominal stems 1] representing well-known families (gotra=avayav-āt) [before a feminine 3 affix 3.1.1]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.

Source:Srisa Chandra Vasu's Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

Anuvṛtti: 4.1.3, 4.1.14, 4.1.78

Commentaries:

Kāśikāvṛttī¹: aṇiñoḥ ityeva. gotrāvayavāḥ gotrābhimatāḥ kulākhyāḥ puṇikabhuṇikamukharaprabhṛta See More

Kāśikāvṛttī²: gorāvayavāt 4.1.79 aṇiñoḥ ityeva. gotrāvayavāḥ gotrābhimatāḥ kulākhyāḥ puṇikabh See More

Nyāsa²: gotrāvayavāt. , 4.1.79 gotrañca tadavayavañceti gotrāvayavaḥ. iha tvabhidhāne'bh See More

gotrāvayavāt. , 4.1.79 gotrañca tadavayavañceti gotrāvayavaḥ. iha tvabhidhāne'bhidheyopacāraṃ kṛtvā tadabhidhāyiprātipadikaṃ gotrāvayava śabdenoktam. nanu caivaṃ vigrahe viśeṣaṇatvādavayavaśabdasya nīlotpala iva nīlaśabdasya pūrvanipātaḥ syāt. rājadantāderākṛtigaṇatvādviśeṣaṇasya paranipāto bhaviṣyati. gotraṃ punariha laukikaṃ gṛhrate, na pāribhāṣikam. loke ca pradhānabhūta ādipuruṣaḥ svaprabhavasyāpatyasantānasya saṃjñākārī gotramucyate. tathā hi bharato nāma kaścidādyaḥ pradhānaḥ puruṣo'bhūt, tena sarva eva tatpūrvakāḥ puttrapauttrādayo bharatā iti vyapadiśyante. avayavaśabdo'yamastyevaikadeśe, tatsambandhādavayavīti samudāya ucyate. asti ca pṛthagbhāve--avayutiḥ = avayavaḥ, pṛthagbhūta ityarthaḥ. yadyapi yautirmiśraṇe paṭha()te, tathāpyanekārthatvāddhādūnāmavapūrvaḥ pṛtaghbhāvamācaṣṭe. astyapradhāne, yathā-- kulāvayavo'yam, saṅghāvayavo'yamiti. kulasay saṅghasya cāpradhānabhūto'yamiti gamyate. tatra yadeyakadeśavācī gṛhrate tadupādānamanarthakaṃ syāt, gotrādityeva vaktavyam. gotrādavayavo'pi hi gotraṃ bhavati, yathā-- kṣīrāvayavaḥ kṣīramiti. athāpi pṛthagbhāve gotrādanyatra vatrtamāno gṛhrate, evamapi puṇikādibhyo vihitayoraṇiño vihitau; aniṣṭañcaitat; tasyaikadeśavācini pṛthagbhāvavācini vākyaśabde doṣa ityatrāpradhānavācyeva gṛhrate. "gotrāvayavāḥ" iti. puṇikādiśrutīnāmetadviśeṣaṇam. apradhānagotrābhidhāyinya ityarthaḥ. "gotrabhamatāḥ" iti. gotramityevamabhimatā gotrābhivāyinya ityevaṃ loke prasiddhāḥ. na punargotrādhyāye paṭhitā ityarthaḥ. ata eva tāsāmapradhānyam; gotrādhyāye'paṭhitatvāt. "kulākhyāḥ" iti. kulam = gotram, ākhyāyata ābhirityākhyāḥ, gotreṇetyevamādi. "tataḥ" iti. yathoktaviśeṣaṇaviśiṣṭābhyaḥ puṇikādiśrutibhyaḥ. yadi tarhi tato gotravihitayoraṇiñoḥ ṣyaṅ bhavatyevaṃ satyapārthako'yaṃ yogaḥ, pūrveṇaiva siddhatvāt? ityata āha-- "agurupottamartha ārambhaḥ"iti. "pauṇikyā" ityādi. puṇikabhuṇikamukharaśabdebhyaḥ "ata iñ" 4.1.95 itīñantasya ṣyaṅaścāp॥