4.2.109
उदीच्यग्रामाच्च बह्वचोऽन्तोदात्तात्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अञ् comes in the remaining senses after a word consisting of more than two syllables having उदात्त accent on the final, being the name of a village of the people of the North.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context उदीच्य- ग्रामात् pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaLeft context बहु- pañcamī · ekavacanaLeft context अन्त- pañcamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Commentary
The affix अञ् comes in the remaining senses after a word consisting of more than two syllables having उदात्त accent on the final, being the name of a village of the people of the North.
The governing force of the word दिक् ceases here. The अञ् debars अण् ॥ Thus शैव꣡पुरम्, भा꣡ण्डपुरम् ॥
Why do we say "village of north-folk"? Observe माथुर꣡म् formed by अण्; difference in accent.
Why do we say "consisting of more than two syllables"? Observe ध्वजी꣡—ध्वज꣡म् ॥
Why do we say "being oxytone?" Observe शार्करीधा॑नम् ॥ Here धा is udatta by 6.1.194, taking लित् accent.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.