4.4.53
किशरादिभ्यः ष्ठन्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ष्ठन् comes in the sense of 'this is whose saleable commodity' after the words किशर etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context किशर- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term ठ prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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किशर-
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Commentary
The affix ष्ठन् comes in the sense of 'this is whose saleable commodity' after the words किशर etc.
This debars ठक् ॥ The word किशर &c all denote perfumes. Thus किशराः पण्यमस्य = कि꣡शरिकः f. किशरिकी꣡ 4.1.41, न꣡रदिकः f. नरदिकी꣡ ॥
1 किसर (किशर), 2 नरद, 3 नलद, 4 स्थागल, 5 तगर, 6 गुग्गुलु, 7 उशीर, 8 हरिद्रा, 9 हरिद्रु, 10 पर्णी, 11 सुमङ्गल, 12 हरिद्रायणी.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.