2.4.68
तिककितवादिभ्यो द्वन्द्वे
Operational rule vidhi
After the words तिक , कितब etc. when used as द्वन्द compound, there is the लुक् elision of the गोत्र affixes when the compound word takes the plural.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context तिककितव- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaRight context saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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तिककितव-
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Commentary
After the words तिक , कितब etc. when used as द्वन्द compound, there is the लुक् elision of the गोत्र affixes when the compound word takes the plural.
Thus तिक + फिञ् = तैकायनिः 4.1.154. Its plural is तैकायनयः तैकायनयः + कैतवायनयः = तिककितवाः । There is elision of फिञ्. So also बांखरिः plural बांखरयः 4.1.95 + भाण्डीरथयः = बंखरभंडीरथाः; there is elision of इञ् 4.1.95. The following is a list of such compounds.
1. तिककितवाः 2. बङ्खरभण्डीरथाः 3. उपकलमकाः (औपकायनाः + लाभकायमाः. 4.3.99, elision of फक्) 4. पफकनरकाः (पाफकयः + नारकयः. 4.1.95, elision of इञ्). वकतखगुदपरिणद्भाः, 6. उब्जककुभाः (औब्जयः 4.1.95. + काकुभाः 4.1.112, then the elision of इञ् and अण्). 7. लङ्कशान्तमुखाः (the elision of इञ् 4.9.95 as in 4). 8. उरसलंकटाः (औरसायनयः 4.1.154 + लांकटयः 4.1.95, elision of फिञ् and इञ्. 9. भ्रष्टक कषिष्टलाः (elision of इञ् as in 4). 10. कृष्णाजिनकृष्णसुन्दराः (elision of इञ्). 11. अग्नेवेश--दासेरकाः (आग्निवेश्यः 4.1.105 + दासेरकयः 4.1.95, elision of both यञ् and इञ्).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.