4.4.35
पक्षिमत्स्यमृगान् हन्ति
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction denoting birds, fishes or wild beasts, when the sense is 'who kills that'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Object पक्षि- मत्स्य- मृगान् dvitīyā · bahuvacanaVerb हन्ति tiṅanta
- Object Dvitīyā (2nd case).
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction denoting birds, fishes or wild beasts, when the sense is 'who kills that'.
Thus पक्षिणो हन्ति = पाक्षिकः 'a bird-killer'. The affix applies not only to the word-forms पक्षि &c, but to words denoting birds &c. (See 1.1.68). Therefore, we have forms शाकुनिकः, मायूरिकः, तैत्तिरिकः ॥ So also with मत्स्य, as, मात्स्यिकः, मैनिकः, शाफरिकः, शाकुलिकः ॥ So also with मृगः, as मार्गिकः, हारिणिकः, सौकरिकः, सारङ्गिकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.