4.4.32
उञ्छति
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction when the sense is 'who gleans that'.
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Verb उञ्छति tiṅanta
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction when the sense is 'who gleans that'.
Thus बदराण्युञ्छति = बादरिकः 'who picks up jujubes'. श्यामाकिकः, काणिकः ॥ To pick up every grain (कण) fallen on the ground is called उञ्छ ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.