5.3.108
अङ्गुल्यादिभ्यष्ठक्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'like this' after the words अङ्गुली etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अङ्गुल्यादिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term 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
अङ्गुल्यादिभ्यः ठक्
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'like this' after the words अङ्गुली etc.
Thus आङ्गुलिकः (= अङ्गुलीय), भारुजिकः ॥
1 अङ्गुलि (अङ्गुली), 2 भरुज, 3 बभ्रु 4 वल्गु 5 मण्डर, 6 मण्डल, 7 शष्कुली (शष्कुल), 8 हरि, 9 कपि, 10 मुनि, 11 रुह, 12 खल, 13 उदश्वित्, 14 गोणी, 15 उरस्, 16 कुलिश, 17 शिखा ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.