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voto guNa-vacanAt

वोतो गुणॱवचनात् ONPANINI 41044

Optionally (add /GIS after feminine) u उ-enders that mean a quality.

**mRdu- मृदुॱ f → mRdu- मृदुॱ f + /GIS → **mRdvI- मृद्वीॱ f

ITA —

**mRdu- मृदुॱ f

Even though this sutra just says "after nouns meaning a quality", it actually works only after adjectives — TITS, after nouns that mean a quality AND may linkto another noun. Therefore u उ-enders with meanings like "form", "color" or "quality" are unaffected by this rule, even though technically they mean a quality.

candravasu shows here a definition of guNaH गुणः "quality".