4.4.40
प्रतिकण्ठार्थललामं च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'who takes' after the words 1. प्रतिकण्ठा 2. अर्थ and 3. ललाम being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Object प्रतिकण्ठ- अर्थ- ललामम् dvitīyā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Object Dvitīyā (2nd case).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
प्रतिकण्ठ-
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'who takes' after the words 1. प्रतिकण्ठा 2. अर्थ and 3. ललाम being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Thus प्रतिकण्ठं गृह्णाति = प्रातिकण्ठिकः ॥ So also आर्थिकः, लालामिकः ॥ The word प्रतिकण्ठ here is an Avyayi-bhava meaning कण्ठं कण्ठं प्रति, and not प्रतिगतः कण्ठं = प्रतिकण्ठ, for to the latter no affix is added.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.