4.4.9
आकर्षात् ष्ठल्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ष्ठल् comes in the sense of 'he goes on by means thereof' after the word आकर्ष.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context आकर्षात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ष्ठल् 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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Full reading
आकर्षात् ष्ठल्
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Commentary
The affix ष्ठल् comes in the sense of 'he goes on by means thereof' after the word आकर्ष।
This debars ठक् ॥ The ल् is for accent 6.1.193. The ष of ष्ठल् here is a part of the affix, contrary to what it was in sutra 7 ante. To remove the doubt where ष is the part of an affix, and where it is not, the following mnemonic verse has been composed : "आकार्षत् पर्पादेभस्त्रादिभ्यः कुसीदसूत्राच्च, आवसथात् किक्षरादेः षितः षडेते ठगधिकारे ॥ In the six Sutras 9.10, 16.31, 74, and 53, the affixes have indicatory 'sh' Here ष being इत्, the feminine is formed by ङीष् 4.1.41. Thus आकर्षेण चरति = आकर्षिक f. आकर्षिकी ॥ आकर्ष is a touch-stone by which gold is tested.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.