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अत‌ एकॱहल्मध्ये ऽनादेशादेर्लिटि ONPANINI 64120

Before the /liT endings (that are /kit, replace with e ए) the a अ that is between two lone consonants, and remove the /abhyAsa. But only if the first letter of the /abhyAsa has not changed.

This translation is less formal but way clearer —

Before vowel /kit /liT affixes, replace papac with pec, nanam with nem, sasad with sed, raram with rem... and so on.

Examples —

pac पच् + /liT /jhi
→ pac पच् + /us
→ **papac- पपच् + /us
→ **pec- पेच् + /us by this rule
→ !**pecus पेचुस् "they cooked"

sad सद् + /liT /us
→ sasad- ससद् + /us
→ **sed- सेद् + /us by this rule
→ !**sedus सेदुस्

pat पत् + /us
→ papat- पपत् + /us
→ **pet- पेत् + /us by this rule
→ !**petus पेतुस्

In detail —

sad सद् + /liT /jhi
→ sad सद् + /us by parasmaipad...
→ sa स + sad सद् + /us by liTidhAtor...
→ !**sed- सेद् + /us by this rule

pat पत् → !**pet- पेत्

pac पच् → !**pec- पेच्

Why do we say "/kit"?

/Nal is not /kit —

sad सद् + /Nal → !**sasAda ससाद

pat पत् → !**papAta पपात

pac पच् → **papAca पपाच

Why do we say "if the start of the /abhyAsa has not changed"?

In gam गम्, kuhozcuH changes the consonant into j ज् —

gam गम् + gam गम् + us उस् → **jagam- जगम् + /us, which does not make gemus by this rule, but **jagmus जग्मुस् instead

Is /thal /kit or not /kit?

Definitely not /kit, but we get **pecitha पेचिथ anyway by thalicaseTi >.

How is it that the FIRST a अ in papac पपच् does not turn into e ए?

The /liT affix is added to pac पच्. Afterwards the adding of /liT triggers liTidhAtor..., but only the root is the stem of /liT, not the /abhyAsa.

Wait, doesn't some rule say that the stem continues being a stem even if it grows afterwards?

Yes, yasmAtpratyay... says that. But there has been no growing here. Now you know why ekAcodvepr... says "there are two in the place of one" instead of "add a copy in front".

jJAtavyam - anena sUtreNa uktaH ekArAdezaH mUladhAtoH akArasyaiva bhavati ज्ञातव्यमनेन सूत्रेण उक्तः एकारादेशः मूलधातोः अकारस्यैव भवति, abhyAsasya akArasya na अभ्यासस्य अकारस्य न, yataH pratyayavidhAnam dhAtoH kRtam asti यतः प्रत्ययविधानम्धातोः कृतमस्ति, ataH mUladhAtuH eva aGgasaJjJAm prApnoti अतः मूलधातुः एव अङ्गसंज्ञां प्राप्नोति, abhyAsaH na | अभ्यासः न ।