4.4.51
तदस्य पण्यम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'this is whose saleable commodity' after a word in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction denoting the thing to be sold.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term तत् prathamā · ekavacanaTarget अस्य ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term पण्यम् prathamā · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
तत् अस्य पण्यम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
अस्य → तत् पण्यम्
Replace asya with tat paṇyam. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'this is whose saleable commodity' after a word in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction denoting the thing to be sold.
Thus अपूपाः पण्यं अस्य = आपूपिकः 'a cake-vendor.' So also शाष्कुलिकः, मौदकिकः &c.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.