Pāṇini 8.3.55

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Grammatical Sūtra: अपदान्तस्य मूर्धन्यः apadāntasya mūrdhanyaḥ Chantings of the aṣṭādhyāyī kindly with permision Sai Susarla.
Individual Word Components: apadāntasya mūrdhanyaḥ
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: apadāntasya mūrdhanyaḥ pūrvatra (8.2.1), asiddham (8.2.1), saṁhitāyām (8.2.108)
Type of Rule: adhikāra
Preceding adhikāra rule:8.3.4 (1anunāsikāt paro 'nusvāraḥ)

Description:

Upto the end of the Pâda, is throughout to be supplied the following: "A cerebral letter is substituted always in the room of , when this letter does not stand at the end of a word". Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0

The substitute retroflex (mūrdhan-yà-ḥ) [sibilant ṣ 39 replaces a phoneme] not occurring as padá-final (á-pada=anta-sya) [in continuous utterance 2.1.8]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.

A replacement in mūrdhanya ‘retroflex’ comes in place of that x which does not occur at the end of a pada Source: Courtesy of Dr. Rama Nath Sharma ©

Source:Srisa Chandra Vasu's Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

Mahābhāṣya: With kind permission: Dr. George Cardona

1/12:atha mūrdhanyagrahaṇam kimartham na apadāntasya ṣaḥ bhavati iti eva ucyeta |
2/12:tatra ayam api arthaḥ ṣakāragrahaṇam na kartavyam bhavati prakṛtam anuvartate |
3/12:kva prakṛtam |
4/12:iṇaḥṣaḥ iti |
5/12:na evam śakyam |
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Kielhorn/Abhyankar (III,436.25-437.6) Rohatak (V,463)

Commentaries:

Kāśikāvṛttī¹: padādhikāro nivṛttaḥ. apadāntasya iti, mūrdhanyaḥ iti caitadadhikṛtam veditavyam See More

Kāśikāvṛttī²: apadāntasya mūrdhanyaḥ 8.3.55 padādhikāro nivṛttaḥ. apadāntasya iti, mūrdhanyaḥ See More

Nyāsa²: apadāntasya mūrghanyaḥ. , 8.3.55 mūrdhani bhavo mūrdhanyaḥ--"śarīrāvayavādy See More

apadāntasya mūrghanyaḥ. , 8.3.55 mūrdhani bhavo mūrdhanyaḥ--"śarīrāvayavādyat()" 4.3.55, "ye cābhāvakarmaṇoḥ" 6.4.168 iti prakṛtivadbhāvaḥ. "siṣeca", iti. "ṣicir? kṣaraṇe" (dhā.pā.1434), "ñiṣvap? śaye" (dhā.pā.1068), "dhātvādeḥ ṣaḥ saḥ" 96.1.64) iti satvam(), liṭ(), tip(), ṇal(). svapeḥ "liṭa()bhyāsasyobhayeṣām()" 6.1.17 iti samprasāraṇam(). atha śrūrthanyagrahaṇaṃ kimartham(), na ṣa ityevocayeta, ṣakāre'pi kṛte siṣecetyādi sidhyati, laghadhu ca sūtraṃ bhavati? itvāha--"ṣa ityevaṃ siddhe" iti. yadi ṣa ityevocyeta akṛḍhavam(), cakṛḍhve ityatrāpi "iṇaḥ ṣīdhvaṃ luṅ? liṭāṃ dho'ṅgāt()" (8.3.78) iti ṣatvaṃ prasajyeta? ḍhatvaṃ ceṣyate, tacca mūrdhanyagrahaṇe sati sidhyatyeva. atra hi satyāntaratam()yānnādānupradānasya ghoṣavato mahāprāṇasya ghakārasya tādṛśo ḍhakāro bhavati. yadi punaḥ "iṇaḥ ṣīdhvam()" iti sūtre ḍhagrahaṇaṃ kriyate, tadā śakyata iha sūtre mūrdhanyagrahaṇamakartum(). tathā ca ḍhagrahaṇaṃ na kṛtaṃ vaicitryārtham(). nanu ca kriyāmāṇena ḍhagrahaṇena ṣakārasya vyavacchinnatvādata uttareṣu ṣagrahaṇaṃ katrtavyaṃ jāyeta. jāyatāṃ nāma, tathāpi mūrdhamyagrahaṇāt? svarūpagrahaṇameva lāghavaṃ bhavati. svarūpagrahaṇe hi ṣaṇmātrā bhavanti--iha "ṣa" ityukte dve mātre uttarasūtre "ḍha" ilyukte dve, uttaratra "ṣa ityukte dve. tāḥ sarvāḥ saṅkalitāḥ ṣaṇmātrā bhavanti. mūrdhanyagrahaṇe sati sapta. tasmāt? svarūpagrahaṇe sati lāghavaṃ bhavati. yadi tu santāvapi ṣakāraḍhakārī prakṛtau, tathāpi ṣakārasya svaritatvāt? syaiṣānuvṛttiriti kalpyate, tadā sutarāṃ svarūpagrahaṇe lalāghavaṃ bhavati. "akṛḍhavam()" iti. "hyasvādaṅgāt()" 8.2.27 iti sico lopa-. athāntagrahaṇahaṇaṃ kimartham()? "apadasya mūrghanyaḥ" ityucyamāne'padasya yaḥ sakārastasya mūrdhanyo vijñāyeta. tathā ca kariṣyatītyādau na syāt(); padasakāratvāt(). kva tarhi syāt()? kariṣyatetyādau yatra padasaṃjñā nāsti. atra hi bhasaṃjñā padasaṃjñāṃ bādheta. tasmādantagrahaṇaṃ kriyate॥