5.3.24
इदमस्थमुः
Operational rule vidhi
After इदम् comes the affix थमु (थम्) in the same sense of a kind or manner of being.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context इदमः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term थ ः 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.
Dotted words are technical terms. Hover or tap one to see its card.
Pink letters are it-markers (anubandhas), tags dropped by 1.3.9. Hover or tap one for the rule that marks it, or try the it-letter finder.
Full reading
इदमः थमुः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
After इदम् comes the affix थमु (थम्) in the same sense of a kind or manner of being.
This debars थाल्; thus : अनेन प्रकारेण = इत्थम् 5.3.4 'in this manner'. The उ in थमु protects the म् from becoming इत् (See 1.3.4).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.