Praudhamanorama 60_316

60_316

She who turns (*vartayati*) is *vartakā*—or *i*-substitution when referring to a bird. Elsewhere, it is only obligatory.
The ancestors who are deities are the ancestor-deities; a ritual for them is *pitṛdevatyam*. *yat* is added by "*devatāntāttādarthye yat*". That in which the brāhmaṇas eat is an *aṣṭakā*. [Formed by] "*iṣy-aśibhyāṃ takan*". On "*aṣṭikānyā*": that of which eight is the measure; [by] "*saṃkhyāyā atiśadantāyāḥ kan*" [P. 5.2.29].
Superimposing the feminine gender existing in the referent onto the vowel *ā*, there is the feminine designation in "*yakapūrvāyāḥ*". With the intention that thereby a feminine affix is obtained, he says: "of the *ā* of a feminine affix".
On "*sāṅkāśyikā*": Produced by Saṅkāśa is *sāṅkāśyam*; by the rule "*vuñchaṇ...*" etc. [P. 4.2.80], *ṇya* occurs after *saṅkāśa* etc. Then, in the sense of 'born there', by "*dhanvayopadhād vuñ*" [P. 4.2.121], there is *aka* as a substitute. And since that denotes a woman born in Sāṅkāśya, the substitution of *i* for its *a* would also optionally apply; therefore, it was stated: "in place of *ā*". Objection: Just as this *a* does not occupy the place of *ā*, so too it does not occupy the place of a feminine affix; thus this [counter-example] is deficient in both respects.