Praudhamanorama 60_328

60_328

Under "halastaddhitasya" (P. 6.4.150): on "upadhābhūtasya" ('being the penultimate sound'): Objection: Once the elision of the 'a' of the affix yañ has been performed by "yasyeti ca", the yakāra is indeed immediately followed by īkāra; so what is the purpose of carrying over the word upadhā? Nor can the elision of 'a' be treated as the original sound (sthānivadbhāva), because that is prohibited when the elision of 'ya' is to take place. Answer: It is not so, because when the elision of 'ya' is to be effected, the elision of 'a' is unaccomplished (asiddha) as it belongs to the ābhīya section.
On "anapatya-": although the vārttika reads "āpatyagrahaṇaṃ kartavyam" ('mention of offspring should be made'), nonetheless it refers to that which is prescribed in the domain of patronymics (apatyādhikāra). And such is only the yañ of the garga class, not the añ of the deva class, because its recitation occurs prior to the patronymic section itself. For this very reason, the Bhāṣyakāra elided the akāra by coalescence (praśleṣa) in "kañkvarapo'yañañca" and in "gargādibhyo yañ"; so also in the sūtra "yaskādibhyo gotre'yañañośca".