Rule. After krī and the other roots of its class, the affix śnā comes before a sārvadhātuka affix denoting the agent. It keeps the root's own meaning. It is an exception (apavāda) to śap.
"Denoting the agent" (kartari) is carried from SK 2167.
Example.
krī + ti → śnā comes, not śap
→ krī + nā + ti (the ś of śnā is a marker)
→ nā is apit, so it counts as ṅit (SK 2234); the ī of krī takes no guṇa
→ krīṇāti "he buys".
krī + nā + tas → the ending tas begins with a consonant and is ṅit
→ the ā of nā becomes ī (SK 2497)
→ krīṇītaḥ "the two buy".
krī + nā + jhi → jh becomes ant first (SK 2169)
→ krī + nā + anti
→ the ending now begins with a vowel, so the ā of nā is lost (SK 2483)
→ krīṇanti "they buy".
Applies when / blocked by. Why does ant come before the ī? Bhaṭṭoji gives three reasons. The ant rule is later in the order of rules (para). It is nitya: it applies whether or not ī has been made. And it is antaraṅga. The same holds in the ātmanepada. There at replaces the jh of jha (SK 2258) before the ī can come. So the ātmanepada gives krīṇīte, krīṇāte, krīṇate.
The roots of this class take śnā only in the sārvadhātuka. Elsewhere they behave like other roots:
- liṭ:
cikrāya"he bought". Dualcikriyatuḥ: before the kit ending the ī becomes iy. - liṭ, second person singular:
cikrayithaorcikretha. The iṭ is optional before thal by the Bhāradvāja restriction (SK 2296). The printed text reads cikriyitha; scholars discuss this. - liṭ, first person dual:
cikriyiva, with iṭ by the kṛādi restriction (SK 2293). Ātmanepadacikriyiṣe. - luṭ
kretā, lṛṭkreṣyati, with guṇa. - āśīrliṅ ātmanepada
kreṣīṣṭa. - luṅ
akraiṣīt, ātmanepadaakreṣṭa.
One commentator, the Bālamanoramā, adds the forms with śnā: loṭ krīṇātu, krīṇīhi; laṅ akrīṇāt, akrīṇīta; vidhiliṅ krīṇīyāt, krīṇīta.
Watch out. The ā of śnā has three fates. Before a consonant-initial ṅit ending it becomes ī. Before a vowel-initial one it is lost. Before the pit ending ti it stays: krīṇāti.
The roots that follow krī in the list:
- Prī "to satisfy" and "to desire":
prīṇāti,prīṇīte. - Śrī "to cook".
- Mī "to injure". After pra, the n of nā becomes ṇ by SK 2530:
pramīṇāti,pramīṇītaḥ. Where an e or ai would arise, ā comes instead (SK 2508). liṭmamau,mimyatuḥ,mamithaormamātha; ātmanepadamimye; luṭmātā; lṛṭmāsyati; āśīrliṅmīyāt,māsīṣṭa; luṅamāsīt,amāsiṣṭām, ātmanepadaamāsta. - Ṣi "to bind":
sināti,sinīte; liṭsiṣāya,siṣye; luṭsetā. - Skuñ, glossed āpravaṇa. Bhaṭṭoji's commentators do not explain the gloss. This root leads into the next rule.
(1473) ḍukrīñ — in the exchange of goods (dravyavinimaya). krīṇāti [laṭ, prathama-puruṣa singular; śnā, as an apit sārvadhātuka, is treated as ṅit, so the ī takes no guṇa]. By ī haly aghoḥ (SK 2497) [ī for the ā of śnā before a hal-initial kṅit sārvadhātuka]: krīṇītaḥ [prathama-puruṣa dual]. [With krī + ṇā + jhi standing,] the substitution of ant for jhi [by jho 'ntaḥ (SK 2169)] comes before the ī-substitution — because it is later (paratva), because it is nitya (it applies whether or not ī has been made), and because it is antaraṅga. Likewise the substitution of at for jha [by ātmanepadeṣv anataḥ (SK 2258), in the ātmanepada, also comes before ī]. After that [i.e. after the ant- and at-substitutions], deletion of the ā [of śnā, before a vowel-initial kṅit sārvadhātuka] by śnābhyastayor ātaḥ (SK 2483): krīṇanti [prathama-puruṣa plural]. krīṇīte, krīṇāte, [krīṇate] [laṭ ātmanepada, prathama-puruṣa singular, dual, plural]. cikrāya [liṭ, prathama-puruṣa singular]. cikriyatuḥ [prathama-puruṣa dual]. cikrayitha, cikretha [madhyama-puruṣa singular, with and without iṭ: iṭ is optional before thal by the restriction of ṛto bhāradvājasya (SK 2296)]. cikriyiva [uttama-puruṣa dual; iṭ by the kṛādi restriction]. cikriyiṣe [ātmanepada, madhyama-puruṣa singular]. kretā [luṭ]. kreṣyati [lṛṭ]. krītāt. kreṣīṣṭa [āśīrliṅ ātmanepada]. akraiṣīt [luṅ parasmaipada]. akreṣṭa [luṅ ātmanepada]. (1474) prīñ — in satisfying (tarpaṇa) and in desiring (kānti). kānti is desire (kāmanā). prīṇāti, prīṇīte. (1475) śrīñ — in cooking. (1476) mīñ — in injuring. [n becomes ṇ by] hinumīnā (SK 2530): pramīṇāti, pramīṇītaḥ [with the prefix pra]. By mīnātiminoti… (SK 2508), ā [is substituted for the root-final] where an ec [vowel] would arise: mamau [liṭ, prathama-puruṣa singular]. mimyatuḥ [prathama-puruṣa dual]. mamitha, mamātha [madhyama-puruṣa singular]. mimye [liṭ ātmanepada]. mātā [luṭ]. māsyati [lṛṭ]. mīyāt [āśīrliṅ parasmaipada]. māsīṣṭa [āśīrliṅ ātmanepada]. amāsīt, amāsiṣṭām [luṅ parasmaipada, prathama-puruṣa singular, dual]. amāsta [luṅ ātmanepada]. (1477) ṣiñ — in binding. sināti, sinīte. siṣāya [liṭ]. siṣye [liṭ ātmanepada]. setā [luṭ]. (1478) skuñ — in āpravaṇa.
- commentary BM glosses the sūtra: 'before a sārvadhātuka in the sense of the agent (kartrarthe sārvadhātuke pare), the affix śnā comes after krī and the rest, in the root's own sense (svārthe)'; 'an exception to śap' (śapo 'pavādaḥ). Followed: bracketed in sutra_en.
- commentary BM on krīṇāti: since the affix śnā is an apit sārvadhātuka, it is ṅit [by sārvadhātukam apit, SK 2234], so the ī takes no guṇa; on ī haly aghoḥ: ī before a hal-initial kṅit sārvadhātuka. Followed: the brackets on krīṇāti and krīṇītaḥ.
- commentary BM: with 'krī ṇā jhi' standing, apprehending ī by ī haly aghoḥ, Bhaṭṭoji says 'before the ī-substitution'; nityatvāt = because the ant-substitution applies both when ī has not been made and when it has; 'evaṃ jhasya' = with 'krī ṇā jha' standing, the at-substitution by 'ātmanepadeṣv anataḥ' too comes before ī; 'tataḥ' = after the ant- and at-substitutions; ā-deletion of śnā before a vowel-initial kṅit sārvadhātuka. Followed: the bracketed stem, the gloss of nitya, the rule for adbhāva and the condition of ā-deletion.
- commentary TB (sk.2554.t1, re-filed on 2026-10-05 from the tail of sk.2546.t1, where it followed 'iti tanādayaḥ'): 'evaṃ jhasyādbhāva iti — by ātmanepadeṣv anataḥ'. Followed: the rule named in brackets for the at-substitution.
- commentary BM on the liṭ forms: taking iṭ before thal to be optional by the Bhāradvāja restriction, Bhaṭṭoji gives 'cikrayitha cikretha'; cikriyiva — iṭ by the kṛādi restriction. BM then adds forms Bhaṭṭoji omits: krīṇātu, krīṇīhi [loṭ], akrīṇāt, akrīṇīta [laṅ], krīṇīyāt, krīṇīta [vidhiliṅ]. Followed for the brackets and for the reading cikrayitha (see textual note).
- textual Our text reads 'krīṇāte | krīṇāte |'; the 1915 print has 'krīṇāte | krīṇate |' (NSP p. 415, scan page-0425, read; collation batch03, class A; Wikisource agrees with the print). The prathama-puruṣa plural krīṇate is supplied in brackets in the English.
- textual Our text and the print (NSP p. 415, scan page-0425, read) both give the madhyama-puruṣa singular as 'cikriyitha'; BM's pratīka is 'cikrayitha cikretha', and thal, being pit, does not take the kit-status that would allow iyaṅ. Wikisource (uttara-2/0075) agrees with BM: 'cikrayitha-cikretha'. The English follows BM's reading cikrayitha. Mūla reading for Ajai's check.
- textual 'krītāt' stands in both our text and the print (NSP p. 415, scan page-0425, read) between the lṛṭ kreṣyati and the ātmanepada āśīrliṅ kreṣīṣṭa, the slot of the parasmaipada āśīrliṅ, whose expected form is krīyāt; Wikisource (uttara-2/0075) reads 'krīyāt' in this slot. Neither commentary remarks on it. Translated as transmitted and left unlabelled. Mūla disagreement (ours/print krītāt vs Wikisource krīyāt) for Ajai's printed copy.
- textual The dhātu numbers in our markup run one lower than the print's throughout this prakaraṇa (print 1474 ḍukrīñ … 1479 skuñ; ours 1473 … 1478); given as transmitted. The print heads the prakaraṇa 'tiṅante kryādayaḥ 49' and prints '1474 ḍukrīñ dravyavinimaye' above the sūtra, as our k1 does.
- textual Filing: the opening of sk.2554.b1 — 'atha kryādayaḥ | atha śnāvikaraṇadhātavo nirūpyante | ḍu krīñ iti' ('now the kryādi roots: the roots with the vikaraṇa śnā are now set out'), BM's heading for the kryādi section and its lemma on ḍukrīñ — was re-filed 2026-10-05 from the tail of sk.2894.b1 (p66) and prepended here. It adds nothing that bears on the English; the rest of sk.2554.b1, covered in the notes above, agrees with Wikisource (uttara-2/0075).
- translator The kṛādi restriction is kṛsṛbhṛvṛstudrusruśruvo liṭi (SK 2293), read as a restriction (niyama) that other roots take iṭ in liṭ. The meaning of āpravaṇa (skuñ) is not explained by either commentator and is left untranslated.