The affix ṅīṣ is used after the 11 words jānapada etc. in the sense of 'profession' etc. 1. jānap 2. kuṇḍa 3. goṇa 4. sthala 5. bhāja 6. nāga 7. kāla 8. nīla 9. kuś 10. kāmuka and 11 kabara ; the affix ṅīṣ is employed when the sense is that of 1. 'profession or living' 2. 'a bowl' 3. 'a sack or vessel for keeping grain' 4. 'a natural spot of ground' 5. 'a cooked food or rice-gruel' 6. 'stout' 7. 'black-coloured' 8. 'blue-coloured other than cloth' 9. 'a plough-share' 10. 'a libidinous female' 11. 'a fillet or braid of hair', respectively.,
Thus जानपदी 'a profession', otherwise जानपदी, the difference being in accent only. For this word is formed by adding the affix अञ् to janapada, by sutra 4.1.86, as it belongs to Utsadi class of words: in forming the feminine the affix ङीप् will be added in this latter case, thus throwing the acute accent on the first syllable.
(2) So also कुण्डी 'bowl-shaped vessel', otherwise कुण्डा 'a name of Durga'. (3) गोणी 'a sack' यत्र धान्यादि प्रक्षिप्य नीयते otherwise गोणा, a particular name. (4) स्थली 'a place not prepared by artificial improvement'; otherwise स्थला as स्थलयोदकं परिगृह्णन्ति ॥ (5) भीजा 'cooked', otherwise भाजा, (6) नागा 'a stout woman', otherwise नागा ॥ The word नाग when a guna-vachana word i.e a word expressive of quality, in the sense of 'stoutness', takes the affix nish in the feminine; otherwise टाप् when expressing general qualities. When it is a jati-vachana word it takes ङीप् under all circumstances. (7) काली 'a black-coloured female', otherwise काला 'cruel' (8) नीली 'a blue-coloured animal or indigo' The word अनाच्छादन in the sutra is rather too wide, it should be confined to the two senses above indicated i. e. when it applies to a plant called indigo or to animals'. Such as नालागौः, or नीली वडवा; or when it denotes appellative as नीली ॥ In other cases we have नीला 'a blue-coloured cloth'. (9) कुशी 'a plough share', otherwise कुशा 'a rope or a kind of grass' (10) कामुकी 'a libidinous or lustful woman' otherwise कामुका 'a woman desirous of wealth'. (11) कबरी 'a fillet or braid of hair', otherwise कबरा 'mixed, variegated'.,