The affix tikan comes after mṛd (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.,
मृदस् तिकन्
Adhyāya 5 · Pāda 4 · Rule 39
Adhyāya 5 · Pāda 4 · Rule 39
The affix tikan comes after mṛd (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.,