शा हौ

Adhyāya 6 · Pāda 4 · Rule 35

Before the Imperative affix hi , śā is substituted for śās,

Thus अनुशाधि, प्रशाधि ॥ The हि is changed to धि by 6.4.101. See 6.4.22. The anuvritti of उपधायाः is not here, so शा is substituted in the room of the full word शास् and not only for the penultimate vowel of शास् ॥ The anuvritti of कित् and ङित् also is not here. Therefore, when this हि is treated as पित् 3.4.88, then too the substitution takes place, though a पित् Sarvadhatuka is not ङित् 1.2.4. Thus शाधि is also found in the Vedas as having acute on the first syllable, which can only be when धि is पित् and consequently anudatta 3.1.4,

Loading search…