5.1.5
तस्मै हितम्
Operational rule vidhi
An affix comes after a word in the fourth case in construction, in the sense of 'good for that'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
For तस्मै caturthī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term हितम् prathamā · ekavacana
- For Caturthī (4th case).
- 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
तस्मै हितम्
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Commentary
An affix comes after a word in the fourth case in construction, in the sense of 'good for that'.
Thus वत्सेभ्यो हितो गोधुक् = वत्सीयः 'fit for calves' i.e. a cow-milker. So अवत्सीयः, पटव्यम्, गव्यम्, हविष्यम्, अपूप्यम्, अपूपीयम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.