4.4.55
शिल्पम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'this is whose Art' after a word denoting Art in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction.
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Substitute / term शिल्पम् prathamā · ekavacana
- 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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शिल्पम्
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'this is whose Art' after a word denoting Art in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction.
Thus मृदङ्गवादनं शिल्पमस्य = मार्दङ्गिकः "a drummer", "an expert in playing on mridanga drum". So also पाणविकः, वैणिकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.