5.2.119

शतसहस्रान्ताच्च निष्कात्

Operational rule vidhi

The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of मतुप् after the words 1. शत and 2. सहस्र when they follow after निष्क.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context शत- सहस्रान्तात् pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaLeft context निष्कात् pañcamī · ekavacana
  • Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
  • Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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शत-सहस्रान्तात् च निष्कात्

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Commentary

The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of मतुप् after the words 1. शत and 2. सहस्र when they follow after निष्क।
Thus निष्कशतमस्यास्ति = नैष्कशतिकः, नैष्कसहस्रिकः ॥ But not so after सुवर्णनिष्कशतं, it being never so found in usage.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.

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