India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s6.5
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s6.5
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c9.s6.5
(i) *Asamāse nishkādibhyaḥ* (V.¹.20), *i.e.* the *ṭhak* suffix is added in the sense of *tena Krītam*, etc. to *nishka* and others including *paṇa*, *pāda*, *māsha*, when not in a compound. For example, *naishkika* means 'purchased for' or 'worth' one *nishka*. Similarly *pāṇika*, *pādika* and *māshika*, denoted an article purchased for these coins.