अजन्तस्त्रीलिङ्गप्रकरणम्

Covers SK 287–308 (22 sūtras): all present.

ajantastrīliṅga-prakaraṇa — outline (p09, SK 287–308, all 22 sūtras)

The vowel-ending feminine declensions. SK walks the stem-finals in order — ā (ramā), i (mati), ī (gaurī / śrī), the number-words tisṛ / catasṛ, the word strī, u (dhenu), ū (vadhū / bhrū), ṛ (svasṛ), o (dyauḥ), ai (rāḥ), au (nauḥ) — teaching for each the sup-endings that behave specially. Eight outcome-groups, kept in SK order. Ordering note: the excursus attached to 293 (the substitute-stems jaras / nas / niś / pṛt) is what sets up the consonant-cleanup group C (294–295), so those two follow naturally; and the ī-ending paradigm (gaurī, sakhī, lakṣmī) that SK begins under 300 is carried by rules already learnt and is only pointed to there, its own new operations being the iyaṄ / nadī apparatus of groups F–G.

A. The ramā paradigm — the ā-ending (āp-ending) feminine — running example: ramā

• 287 auṅa āpaḥ 7.1.18 — after an aṅga ending in āp, śī replaces the ending auṅ (the au-vibhakti of nom./acc. dual). ramā + au → ramā + śī → (śī sthānivat as pratyaya, ś elided by laśku, then ādguṇaḥ) rame; nom. pl. by savarṇa-dīrgha ramāḥ.
• 288 sambuddhau ca 7.3.106 — and in the sambuddhi (voc. sg.) the final of the āp-stem → e; the sambuddhi-s then drops by eṅ hrasvāt sambuddheḥ. he ramā + s → he rame. (Feminine, so no natva in acc. pl. ramāḥ.)
• 289 āṅi cāpaḥ 7.3.105 — the final of the āp-stem → e before āṅ (= ṭā, instr. sg.) and os; e then → ay before a vowel. ramā + ā → ramay + ā → ramayā; before os → ramayoḥ. (ramābhiḥ: no ais by the ta-para of ato bhisa ais.)
• 290 yāḍāpaḥ 7.3.113 — a ṅit ending after āp takes the augment yāṭ (ṭit, so prefixed to the ending). ramā + ṅe → ramā-y-e → (vṛddhi vṛddhir eci, ā+e→ai) ramāyai; abl./gen. sg. ramā-y-as → (savarṇa-dīrgha) ramāyāḥ; loc. sg. ramā-y-ām → ramāyām; gen. pl. ramāṇām (nuṭ + nāmi dīrgha + ṇatva).

B. The pronominal / ordinal ā-feminine — syāṭ + shortening, and where it turns optional — running example: sarvā (also uttarapūrvā, dvitīyā)

• 291 sarvanāmnaḥ syāḍ ḍhrasvaś ca 7.3.114 — after an āp-ending pronoun, a ṅit ending takes syāṭ (ṭit) and the āp → short; apavāda to yāṭ (290). sarvā + ṅe → sarva-syā-i → (vṛddhi) sarvasyai; abl./gen. sg. sarvasyāḥ; the ekādeśa counting as pūrvānta keeps it pronominal, so gen. pl. suṭ → sarvāsām, loc. sg. sarvasyām.
• 292 vibhāṣā diksamāse bahuvrīhau 1.1.28 — the sarvanāma-saṃjñā (hence syāṭ) is optional in a directional (dik-samāsa) bahuvrīhi, but only the pratipadokta one of diṅnāmāny antarāle. uttarapūrva + ṅe → uttarapūrvasyai (sarvanāma, syāṭ) / uttarapūrvāyai (non-sarvanāma, yāṭ). Not for the "confused woman" bahuvrīhi (uttarapūrvāyai only).
• 293 vibhāṣā dvitīyātṛtīyābhyām 7.3.115 — after dvitīya / tṛtīya the syāṭ (+ hrasva) is optional. dvitīyā + ṅe → dvitīyasyai / dvitīyāyai; rest like ramā. (This unit's excursus introduces the āp-feminines that swap in consonant substitute-stems before vowel-endings — jarā → jaras [jarasau, jarasām], nāsikā → nas, niśā → niś, pṛtanā → pṛt — the substitutes that group C then finishes; and the ambā-word voc. shortening he amba, blocked for unconjoined ḍa/la/ka → he ambāḍe.)

C. Consonant-cleanup on the niś-type substitute-stem — the ṣatva / jaśtva chain and where kutva is blocked — running example: niś (from niśā)

• 294 vraścabhrasjasṛjamṛjayajarājabhrājacchaśāṃ ṣaḥ 8.2.36 — for the seven roots vraśc… and for a stem ending in ch / ś, the final → ṣ before a jhal or at pada-end; ṣ then → ḍ by jaśtva. niś + bhyām → niṣ → niḍbhyām, niḍbhiḥ; loc. pl. niś + su → (optional dhuṭ, cartva, na padāntāṭ ṭoḥ blocks ṣṭutva) niṭtsu / niṭsu.
• 295 ṣaḍhoḥ kaḥ si 8.2.41 — ṣ / ḍh → k before s; but here it does not fire, being asiddha to the earlier jaśtva (294), so ṣ → ḍ stands. (On the kecit view carrying "dhātoḥ" in, niś keeps ś → j → nijbhyām, no kutva since jaśtva is asiddha to coḥ kuḥ.) Vārttika: māṃsa / pṛtanā / sānu optionally → māṃs / pṛt / snu before śas etc. → pṛtaḥ, pṛtā, pṛdbhyām. Closes the ā/ā-stems; opens mati (i-ending), which declines "mostly like hari."

D. The nadī-saṃjñā for short i-/u-ending feminines — running example: mati

• 296 ṅiti hrasvaś ca 1.4.6 — a short feminine i-/u vowel is optionally nadī before a ṅit ending (aprāpta-vibhāṣā, since yū stryākhyau nadī wants long ī/ū). On the nadī side: mati + ṅe → āṭ + vṛddhi + yaṇ → matyai; non-nadī (mati = ghi, guṇa + ay) → mataye; likewise abl./gen. matyāḥ / mateḥ; gen. pl. matīnām (nuṭ, dīrgha).
• 297 idudbhyām 7.3.117 — after nadī i / u, ām replaces ṅi (loc. sg.). mati + ṅi → mat-ām → (yaṇ) matyām (nadī) / matau (non-nadī, ac ca gheḥ). Likewise śruti, smṛti.

E. The number-words tisṛ / catasṛ — running example: tisṛ (feminine of tri)

• 298 tricaturoḥ striyāṃ tisṛcatasṛ 7.2.99 — feminine tri → tisṛ, catur → catasṛ before any vibhakti. tri + jas → tisṛ + as …
• 299 aci ra ṛtaḥ 7.2.100 — the ṛ of tisṛ/catasṛ → r before a vowel; apavāda to guṇa (ṛto ṅi), to pūrvasavarṇa-dīrgha, and to utva (ṛta ut). tisṛ + as → tisr + as → tisraḥ (nom. and acc. pl.). Before ām, nuṭ wins over ratva by pūrva-vipratiṣedha.
• 300 na tisṛcatasṛ 6.4.4 — no nāmi-dīrgha for tisṛ/catasṛ before nām. tisṛ + nām → tisṛṇām (short, ṇatva), loc. pl. tisṛṣu. "striyām" qualifies tri/catur themselves (not tad-anta): masc. bahuvrīhi priyatisā, but fem. priyatri like mati, gen. pl. priyatrayāṇām. Also dvi → dvā → dve, dvābhyām; and here SK opens the long-ī paradigm — gaurī, sakhī, lakṣmīḥ (no su-lopa, an-ṅyanta) — declined by rules already given, with the vārttika vibhaktau liṅgaviśiṣṭāgrahaṇam barring anaṅ/ṇidvat on sakhī.

F. The word strī and its compounds — the iyaṄ substitution — running example: strī (also atistri)

• 301 striyāḥ 6.4.79 — for strī, iyaṄ replaces the ī before a vowel ending (aci, iyaṄ carried from aci śnudhātubhruvāṃ yvoḥ). strī + au → striy + au → striyau; strī + as → striyaḥ.
• 302 vā'mśasoḥ 6.4.80 — iyaṄ is optional before am and śas. strī + am → striyam (iyaṄ) / strīm (ami pūrvaḥ); śas → striyaḥ / strīḥ. Compound atistri (masc./neut./fem.): iyaṄ blocked in jas/ṭā/ṅe/ṅasi/ṅas/ām/ṅi by guṇa, nā, aut, nuṭ, num respectively; nitya only before os and auṬ → atistriyau.

G. The nadī-block on iyaṅ/uvaṅ-sthāna long ī/ū — running example: śrī (also pradhī, sudhī)

• 303 neyaṅuvaṅsthānāv astrī 1.4.4 — an ī/ū that is a ground for iyaṄ/uvaṄ is not nadī — except strī. So śrī (iyaṅ-sthāna, monosyllabic → iyaṄ not yaṇ: śriyau, śriyaḥ) gets no voc. shortening → he śrīḥ; ṅit endings then give nadī / non-nadī pairs śriyai / śriye, śriyāḥ / śriyaḥ.
• 304 vā''mi 1.4.5 — but such words are optionally nadī before ām (gen. pl.). śrī + ām → śrīṇām (nadī, nuṭ) / śriyām (non-nadī, iyaṄ). Long excursus on what counts as nitya-strīliṅga (Vṛttikāra vs. Kaiyaṭa): pradhī like lakṣmī or puṃvat, sudhī like śrī (yaṇ barred by na bhūsudhiyoḥ) or puṃvat, grāmaṇī / khalapū puṃvat; then dhenu (u-ending) like mati.

H. ṛ-, ū-, o-, ai-, au-ending feminines and the feminine ṅīp; and where ṅīp/ṭāp are blocked — running examples: kroṣṭṛ/kroṣṭrī, svasṛ, dyauḥ

• 305 striyāṃ ca 7.1.96 — feminine kroṣṭu takes its form as if ending in tṛc (rūpātideśa from tṛjvat kroṣṭuḥ): in the feminine there is no u-stem kroṣṭu at all, only ṛ-stem kroṣṭṛ.
• 306 ṛnnebhyo ṅīp 4.1.5 — after a prātipadika ending in ṛ or n, the feminine adds ṅīp (ī). kroṣṭṛ + ī → (yaṇ) kroṣṭrī, declined like gaurī. Then the ū-stems: vadhū (no uvaṄ → like gaurī), bhrū (uvaṄ → like śrī), he subhrūḥ (non-nadī, no shortening); punarbhū (yaṇ by dṛnkara… overrides uvaṄ, so neyaṅuvaṅ… block does not apply) → punarbhvam, punarbhvau.
• 307 ekājuttarapade ṇaḥ 8.4.12 — in a compound whose second member is ekāc, an n (prātipadika-final, num-augment, or in a vibhakti) after a prior-member r / ṣ → ṇ (nitya). punarbhū + ām → (nuṭ over yaṇ, by paratva) punarbhūṇām. varṣābhū (gender by school → he varṣābhūḥ / he varṣābhu), varṣābhvau; svayambhū puṃvat. Then the ṛ-stems open (svasṛ from sāvaser ṛn).
• 308 na ṣaṭsvasrādibhyaḥ 4.1.10 — ṅīp and ṭāp are blocked after ṣaṭ-designated words and the svasrādi (svasṛ, tisṛ, catasṛ, nanāndṛ, duhitṛ, yātṛ, mātṛ — long vowel by aptṛn). svasṛ + su → (anaṅ, dīrgha, na-lopa) svasā, svasārau, svasāraḥ; mātṛ like pitṛ (mātṝḥ). Then the last stem-finals, declined by transfer: o → dyauḥ (like go), ai → rāḥ (like puṃs), au → nauḥ (like glau). Ends the vowel-ending feminines.