Adhyaya 351

Continuing the Vyākaraṇa stream, after completing the masculine paradigms, this chapter gives a compact, recitation-ready listing of established feminine noun forms (śabda-siddha-rūpa). Skanda sets out declensional patterns beginning with the ā-stem model Ramā, then applies the method to key feminine classes and irregulars: ī-stems like nadī; honorific and lexical items such as śrī and strī (with attested alternants); and various consonant-stems and special nouns (vāk, śrag, dyaus, samit, dṛṣat). It also records pronominal/deictic forms (the asau/amū series) and permissible variants (e.g., śriyai/śriye; bhavatī → bhavanty). Pedagogical and mnemonic in flow, the paradigms are fixed lists meant to standardize correct usage in study, commentary, and ritual language, showing Agneya Vidyā’s union of technical grammar with the Purāṇic aim of dharmic clarity and scriptural fidelity.