4.4.12
वेतनादिभ्यो जीवति
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'he lives thereby' after the words वेतन etc. being in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context वेतन- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaVerb जीवति tiṅanta
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
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Full reading
वेतन-
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'he lives thereby' after the words वेतन etc. being in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction.
Thus वेतनेन जीवति = वैतनिकः 'who lives upon wages - a menial servant'. In the case of the word धनुर्दण्ड the affix applies to the compounds, as well as to the words forming the compound. Thus धानुर्दण्डिकः, धानुष्कः, दाण्डिकः ॥
1 वेतन, 2 वाहन (वाह), 3 अर्धवाहन (अर्धवाह), 4 धनुर्दण्डः 5 जाल, 6 वेश (वेस), 7 उपवेश (उपवेष, उपवेस), 8 प्रेषण, 9 उपवस्ति (उपस्ति),10 सुख, 11 शय्या, 12 शक्ति, 13 उपनिषद्, 14 उपदेश, 15 स्फिज् (स्फिज), 16 पाद, 17 उपस्थ, 18 उपस्थान, 19 उपहस्त, 20 स्रज् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.