5.1.75
पथः ष्कन्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ष्कन् comes in the sense of 'who goes there' after the word पथ being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context पथः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term क 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
पथः ष्कन्
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Commentary
The affix ष्कन् comes in the sense of 'who goes there' after the word पथ being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Of the affix ष्कन्, ष् is for ङीष् 4.1.41, and न् for accent 6.1.197 As पन्थानं गच्छति = प꣡थिकः fem. पथिकी꣡ ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.