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@construction of zAnac words

There are two tipes of /zAnac-enders.

When the original verb is /AtmanepadI and shows the doer, such as **pacate पचते or **IkSate ईक्षते —

kapir vIkSate कपिर्वीक्षते "the monkey looks around"

then the /zAnac shows the doer as well —

kapiM vIkSamANam pazyAmi कपिं वीक्षमाणम्पश्यामि "I see the monkey look around"

rAjAnam pacamAnam pazyAmi राजानं पचमानं पश्यामि "I see a cooking king"

But if the original verb has bent endings because it shows the object —

kukkuTAH pacyamAnAH कुक्कुटाः पच्यमानाः "the fowl are being cooked"

then the /zAnac shows the object as well —

kukkuTAn pacyamAnAn pazyAmi कुक्कुटान्पच्यमानान्पश्यामि "I see that the fowl are being cooked"

I find that confusing. How are those words formed? They all sound nearly the same.

From

pac पच् + doershowing /laT /ta → **pacate पचते "is cooking"

we make

pac पच् + doershowing /zAnac → **pacamAna- पचमानॱ "(he who) is cooking", with no /yak

but from

pac पच् + objectshowing /laT /ta → **pacyate पच्यते "is being cooked"

we form

pac पच् + objectshowing /zAnac → **pacyamAna- पच्यमानॱ "(he who) is being cooked", with /yak

as in —

**pacyamAna- पच्यमानॱ m + /su → !**pacyamAnaH पच्यमानः

**pacyamAna- पच्यमानॱ m + /zas → !**pacyamAnAn पच्यमानान्, like **azvAn अश्वान्

**pacyamAnA- पच्यमानाॱ f + /zas → !**pacyamAnAs' पच्यमानास्ऽ, like **azvAs' अश्वास्ऽ