1.2.38
देवब्रह्मणोरनुदात्तः
Operational rule vidhi
The words देवा and ब्राह्मण in those hymns have अनुदात्त accent.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context देव- ब्रह्मणोः saptamī · dvivacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
- 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
देव-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The words देवा and ब्राह्मण in those hymns have अनुदात्त accent.
By sutra 1.2.37, it was declared, that in subrahmanya hymns, svarita accent is replaced by udatta accent. This sutra makes an exception in favour of the words देव and ब्राह्मण occurring in those hymns. These words have anudatta accent. As देवा॒ ब्रह्मा॒ण आग॒च्छत 'come ye Devas and Brahmanas.' Here the word देवा gets udatta accent on the first syllable by rule 6.1.198 \[1\]. (in the vocative the accent is on the beginning): at वा va has originally an anudatta accent which by rule 8.4.66 \[2\] (an anudatta following an udatta is changed into svarita) would have been changed into svarita. This svarita, by the previous sutra required to be changed into udatta; but by this rule, it is replaced by anudatta. In other words, the original anudatta remains unchanged.
## Footnotes
- [1] - आमन्त्रितस्य च ॥
- [2] - उदात्तादनुदात्तस्य स्वरितः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.