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because Amara states: “ātmajaḥ, tanayaḥ, sūnuḥ, sutaḥ, putraḥ—in the feminine, however, these all designate a daughter.”
For this very reason, in the section on the substitution of i by "pratyayasthāt...", the vārttika “vā sūtakāputrikāvṛndārakāṇām” and the Bhāṣya thereon, etc., are consistent.
As for what was said here by Haradatta—that the word putra alone does not occur in the feminine—that is to be disregarded, due to contradiction with the Bhāṣya and other texts, and due to contradiction with his own work in the section on the substitution of i.
This, however, should be considered: in the rule "kāre satyāgadasya...", what is the purpose of the vārttika “sūtograrājabhojakulamerubhyo duhituḥ putraḍvā”?