deriv SD cv (1231) ashtadhyayi.com hei.de L 1231 ETT STT a 5.1.37 ALPH OLDHOMEPAGE NEWHOMEPAGE

tena krItam तेन क्रीतम् ONPANINI 51037

Bought by it.

By samarthAnAmpr..., this means that we can add a /taddhita after the name of the price, to mean the thing bought by that price.

The /taddhita allowed are those described since <19 prAgvateSThaJ, as for instance /ThaJ —

saptatyA सप्तत्या + krItam क्रीतम् "bought by seventy"
→ saptati सप्तति + /ThaJ by this rule
→ saptati सप्तति + ikaJ इकञ् by ThasyekaH
→ saptat सप्तत् + ikaJ इकञ् by yasyetica
→ !**sAptatika- साप्ततिकॱ "bought by seventy"

By seventy of what?

Whatever makes sense in context. Maybe coins. I guess that when this sUtra was written the common currency was the cow.