Praudhamanorama p96

p96

[On the phrase] "mayaḥ parasya" (following may): as for [the reading] "parāt" [by the older grammarian], it is an oversight of the older grammarian; for according to the Bhāṣya, "Substitutes are indeed stated for that which is designated by a genitive case", and because in a rule enjoining a substitute, only the genitive is proper for the original element. [On the phrase] "because of being suspended (asiddha)": it is precisely for this reason that this v-substitution is enjoined in the Tripādī. For if its purpose were merely to block the original form (prakṛtibhāva), he would simply have said "maya uño vā" right after "iko yaṇ [aci]" (P. 6.1.77) and would have continued the term "yaṇ". Here, in the case of uñ following a may when iti follows, there are twenty-eight forms. To explain: when there is pragṛhya status by "uñaḥ" [P. 1.1.17]: "kim u iti". On the view of v-substitution: "kim v iti". When there is the substitute ūm̐: "kim ūm̐ iti". Because the substitute is treated like the original element, by "maya uñaḥ [vo vā]" (P. 8.3.33)—which is an exception to the original form—owing to closest proximity there is a nasalized v: "kim v̐ iti". By the optionality of doubling of the nasalized and non-nasalized v's by "mayo yaño [ve ca]" and doubling of the m by "anaci ca" (P. 8.4.47), there are eight forms on the view of v-substitution. In its absence, there are two, making ten. On the view where the technical name pragṛhya is absent, because the v-substitution by "maya uñaḥ [vo vā]" (P. 8.3.33) is suspended, there is only yaṇ by "iko yaṇ [aci]" (P. 6.1.77); since that is valid, when m becomes anusvāra, on the view of a homogeneous sound with the subsequent by "vā padāntasya" (P. 8.4.59), the eleventh form possesses two v's, nasalized and non-nasalized. When the nasalized [v] is doubled, since the elision by "halo yamāṃ [yami lopaḥ]" (P. 8.4.64) is optional, when it is not made, the twelfth form has three v's. On the view where there is no homogeneous sound with the subsequent, because the anusvāra belongs to yar, when there is doubling in the case of threefoldness, there are two. By summation, there are fourteen. Due to the option of nasalization of the letter i of the word iti by "aṇo 'pragṛhyasya ['nunāsikaḥ]" (P. 8.4.57), there are twenty-eight.