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types of rules
definition rules
command rules
headline rules
talkaround rules
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definition rules explain the meaning of terms.
As for instance, rule adeGguNaH teaches that " guNa " means "the vowels
Most definition rules have the defined term at the very end. The exception to that is vRddhirAdaic, that had the word
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command rules tell us to do something. Ninetysomething percent of them say "replace this with that when this and that happens".
Example: rule ikoyaNaci is a command rule. It replaces
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^ headline rules tell us something about the rules that come after them.
An example of that is saMhitAyAm "when not before a pause". The rules that come after this one, from 61073 checa to 61157, do not work before a pause. All this rule does is trickling the word "when not before a pause" down to the following rules.
Another headline rule is pUrvatrAsiddham. This one is not just a trickle -- it teaches that the next rules work in a special way.
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^ talkaround rules teach how to understand other rules.
Example. SaSThIsthAneyogA says that, in a rule, GasosAm after X can mean "replace X". That is why rule urat, that literally says "
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^ When a karmaNi affix is a tiG affix, it is chosen according to the number and person of the object of their root. In the following examples the root
When a karmaNi affix is kta, zAnac, or a kRtya, it will get a feminine affix if its object is feminine, then will get a sup affix that shows the number and case of its object. Regardless of who the doer is.
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