5.1.90
षष्टिकाः षष्टिरात्रेण पच्यन्ते
Operational rule vidhi
The anomalously formed word षष्टिकाः has the meaning of 'what are matured in six nights'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term षष्टिकाः prathamā · bahuvacanaWith / by षष्टिरात्रेण tṛtīyā · ekavacanaVerb पच्यन्ते tiṅanta
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
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Full reading
षष्टिकाः षष्टिरात्रेण पच्यन्ते
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Commentary
The anomalously formed word षष्टिकाः has the meaning of 'what are matured in six nights'.
The word षष्टिकाः may be said to be formed by adding कन् to षष्टिरात्रि in the 3rd case in construction, then eliding the word रात्रि, the force of the affix being 'matured'. Thus षष्टिरात्रेण पच्यन्ते = षष्टिकाः 'a kind of barley'. It is a name of barley and therefore does not apply to pulse, beans &c, though they may also ripen in six days.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.