4.4.10
पर्पादिभ्यः ष्ठन्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ष्ठन् comes in the sense of 'he goes on, by means thereof' after the words पर्प etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context पर्प- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term ठ prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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पर्प-
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Commentary
The affix ष्ठन् comes in the sense of 'he goes on, by means thereof' after the words पर्प etc.
This debars ठक्; the न् of ष्ठन् is for accent 6.1.197, and ष् for ङीष् 4.1.41. Thus प꣡र्पिकः f. पर्पिकी꣡, अ꣡श्विकः f. अ꣡श्विकी ॥ प꣡दिकः f. पदिकी ॥ The पाद is changed to पद् before this affix 6.3.52.
This debars ठक्; the न् of ष्ठन् is for accent 6.1.197, and ष् for ङीष् 4.1.41. Thus प꣡र्पिकः f. पर्पिकी꣡, अ꣡श्विकः f. अ꣡श्विकी ॥ प꣡दिकः f. पदिकी꣡ ॥ The पाद is changed to पद् before this affix 6.3.52.
1 पर्प, 2 अश्व, 3 अश्वत्थ, 4 रथ, 5 जाल, 6 न्यास, 7 व्याल, 8 पादः पच्च ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.