4.4.5
तरति
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes after a word in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction, in the sense of 'he crosses thereby over the waters'.
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तरति
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes after a word in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction, in the sense of 'he crosses thereby over the waters'.
Thus काण्डप्लवेनतरति = काण्डप्लविकः, औडुपिकः 'who crosses with a raft'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.