5.1.126
सख्युर्यः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix य comes in the sense of 'nature or action thereof' after the word सखि.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context सख्युः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term यः 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
सख्युः यः
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Commentary
The affix य comes in the sense of 'nature or action thereof' after the word सखि।
As सख्यम् 'friendship'.
Vart:- So also after the words दूत and वणिक्, as, दूत्यम् and वणिज्यम् ॥ The word वाणिज्यम् is formed by 5.1.124, वणिक् belonging to ब्राह्मणादि class.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.