4.3.140
अनुदात्तादेश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अञ् comes in the sense of 'modification or part' after a word having अनुदात्त - grave accent on the first syllable.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context - आदेः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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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Full reading
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Commentary
The affix अञ् comes in the sense of 'modification or part' after a word having अनुदात्त - grave accent on the first syllable.
This debars अण् ॥ Thus दाधित्थम्, कापित्थम्, माहित्थम् ॥ The word दधित्थम् is an upapada-samasa of दधि + स्थ, the स being changed to त; and it is finally acute by कृदुत्तरपद प्रकृतिखर ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.