4.4.59
शक्तियष्ट्योरीकक्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ईकक् comes in the sense of 'this is whose weapon' after the words 1. शक्ति and 2. यष्ट्यि.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target शक्ति- यष्ट्योः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacanaSubstitute / term ईकक् prathamā · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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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Full reading
शक्ति-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
शक्ति-
Replace śakti-yaṣṭyoḥ with īkak. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
The affix ईकक् comes in the sense of 'this is whose weapon' after the words 1. शक्ति and 2. यष्ट्यि।
This debars ठक् ॥ Thus शक्तिः प्रहरणमस्य = शाक्तीकः, So also याष्टीकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.