5.4.39
मृदस्तिकन्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix तिकन् comes after मृद् (the word retaining its sense).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context मृदः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term तिकन् 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
मृदः तिकन्
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Commentary
The affix तिकन् comes after मृद् (the word retaining its sense).
Thus मृत्तिका = मृद् 'mud'. Of course this is also an optional affix not a nitya affix like many of the svarthika affixes enumerated in 5.4.7.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.