ठक्छौ च

Operational rule vidhi

The affixes ठक् and छ come after the word शर्करा in the 4-fold sense.

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Substitute / term - छौ prathamā · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyaya

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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ठक्-छौ च

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Commentary

The affixes ठक् and छ come after the word शर्करा in the 4-fold sense.
Thus of the word शर्करा there are altogether six forms denoting locality, namely two formed by this sutra, two by the last, and two by the sutra 4.2.80. Thus शर्करा, शार्कर꣡म्, शर्करिक꣡म् (formed by ठच्), शार्करक꣡म् (formed by कक्), शार्करिक꣡म् (formed by ठक्), and शार्करीयम् (by छ).

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.