3.2.55
पाणिघताडघौ शिल्पिनि
Operational rule vidhi
The word पाणिघ and ताडघ are irregularly formed when denoting an artificier.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term पाणिघ- ताडघौ prathamā · dvivacanaRight context शिल्पिनि saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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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Full reading
पाणिघ-
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Commentary
The word पाणिघ and ताडघ are irregularly formed when denoting an artificier.
These forms are thus evolved. The affix क is employed after the verb हन् in composition with पाणि 'hand' and ताड 'a blow' as object; then the टि portion of हन् i. e. अन् is elided, and ह is changed into घ irregularly. Thus पाणि + हन् + क = पाणि + ड् + अ = पाणिघः 'a drummer' (workman or handicraftsman); ताडघः 'a smith'.
Why 'when denoting an artificer'? Observe पाणिघातः 'boxing'; ताडघातः 'hammering'.
Vart:- The word राजघः should be enumerated in this connection; राजघः 'a regicide'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.