2nd lesson - what is इत् [it]?

In this lesson, I am going to talk about इत् [it].

Definition of इत् [it] 

A good illustration to understand इत् [it] is - a user's manual

• The user's manual comes along with a product.
• The user's manual tells you how to make use of the product.
• Only the product is make use of. Not the user's manual. At the time of the use of the product, the user's manual is kept away.

In the same manner,

• इत् [it] comes along with Maheshvarasutras, root verbs, suffixes, etc.
• इत् [it] tells you how to make use of those sutras, root verbs, suffixes, etc.
• इत् [it] is kept away when those sutras, root verbs, suffixes, etc. are in use.

For example,

• A root verb शी [śī] comes with an इत् [it] letter, which is ङ् [ṅ]. Thus the root verb comes as शीङ् [śīṅ] .
• The ङ् [ṅ] as इत् [it] tells you "when you add verbal suffixes to this root verb, the type of the verbal suffix should be the type "A","
• When the root verb is used, the ङ् [ṅ] as the इत् [it] is removed.

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