कर्कलोहितादीकक्

Operational rule vidhi

The affix ईकक् (ईक) comes in the sense of 'like this' after 1. कर्क and 2. लोहित.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context कर्क- लोहितात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ईकक् 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

कर्क-लोहितात् ईकक्

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Commentary

The affix ईकक् (ईक) comes in the sense of 'like this' after 1. कर्क and 2. लोहित।
Thus कार्कीकः 'like कर्क or white horse'. लौहिताकः स्फटिकः 'a crystal though not itself red, appears red, owing to the reflection of some thing behind it'.

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