1.1.42

शि सर्वनामस्थानम्

लघुसिद्धान्तकौमुदी 237 · प्रकरण 7, which opens at अतोऽम् · rule 5 of 17 in it

the affix शि is called सर्वनामस्थान

The affix शि — the substitute इ that replaces the जस् and शस् endings of a neuter (by 7.1.20 जश्शसोः शिः) — is termed सर्वनामस्थान. That makes the neuter nominative-and-accusative plural a strong case, so the stem takes नुम् and lengthens before it. जात "born" gives जात + शि → जातानि "the things born (n. pl.)", the नुम् and the lengthening both licensed by this strong-case name.

• Aṣṭādhyāyī — 1.1.42 शि सर्वनामस्थानम्
• Bālānandinī (LSK, Telugu) — सूत्र 237 in the abridgement; vendor/balanandini-lsk-telugu-ocr.txt

uncheckeddrafted from the rule text and the Bālānandinī

वरदराज writes under it

शि इत्येतदुक्तसंज्ञं स्यात्॥