5.3.25
किमश्च
Operational rule vidhi
Also after किम् comes the affix थमु in the sense of denoting a manner.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context किमः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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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Full reading
किमः च
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Commentary
Also after किम् comes the affix थमु in the sense of denoting a manner.
Thus केन प्रकारेण = कथम् 'how?'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.