4.4.3
संस्कृतम्
Operational rule vidhi
To express an entity that has been cultured / processed, an appropriate तद्धितप्रत्यय gets attached to the तृतीयासमर्थ word indicating the substance used for culturing / processing.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term संस्कृतम् prathamā · ekavacana
- 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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Full reading
संस्कृतम्
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes after a word in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction, in the sense of 'refined thereby'.
The word संस्कृतम् means 'refining or enhancing the quality of a thing'. Thus दध्ना संस्कृतं = दाधिकम् 'refined or made tasteful by curd'. So also शार्ङ्गवेरिकम्, मारीचिकम् ॥
The separation of this sutra from the last, is for sake of the next sutra, in which the anuvritti of संस्कृतं only runs,
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.