6.1.160

उञ्छादीनां च

Operational rule vidhi

The words उच्छ etc. have acute accent on the last syllable.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Target उञ्छादीनाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
  • Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
  • Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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उञ्छादीनाम् च

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Commentary

The words उच्छ etc. have acute accent on the last syllable.
Thus 1. उञ्छः꣡, 2. म्लेच्छः꣡, 3. जञ्जः꣡, 4. जल्पः꣡ ॥ These are formed by घञ्, and would have taken acute-accent on the first. 5. जपः꣡, 6. वधः꣡ are formed by अप् affix 3.3.61 which being grave 3.1.4, these words would have taken the accent of the dhatu 6.1.162, i. e. acute on the first syllable. Some read व्यधः꣡ also here. 7. युगः꣡ is derived from युज् by घञ् affix, the non-causing of guna is irregular, and the word means 'a cycle of time', 'a part of a carriage'. In other senses, the form is योगः꣡ ॥ 8. गरः꣡ = (दूष्ये); is formed by अप्, and has this accent when it means 'poison', in other senses, the acute is on the first syllable. 9. वेगः꣡, वेदः꣡, वेष्टः꣡ (चेष्टः), and बन्धः꣡, करणे ॥ These words are formed by घञ् by 3.3.121. When denoting instrument (करण) they take the above accent, when denoting भाव the accent falls on the first syllable. 10. स्तुयुद्रुवश्छन्दसि, e.g. परिष्टु꣡त्, परिद्रु꣡त्, संयु꣡त् ॥ 11. वर्त्तनिः स्तोत्रे, the stotra means Sama Veda, the word व॒र्त्त॒निः꣡ occurring in the Sama Veda has acute on the last : in other places, it has the accent on the middle. 12. श्वभ्रे दरः, the दरः꣡ has end-acute when meaning 'a cave', otherwise when formed by अप् affix it has acute on the first. 13. साम्बतापौ भावगर्हायाम्, thus सा॒म्बः꣡, ता॒पः꣡, in other senses, the acute is on the first. 14. उत्तमशश्वत्तमौ सर्वत्र, e.g. उ॒त्त॒मः꣡, श॒श्व॒त्त॒मः꣡ ॥ Some read the limitation of भावगर्हा into this also. 15. भक्षमन्थभोगमन्थाः (भोगदेहा) ॥ These are formed by घञ्, भक्ष though a ण्यन्त root is here घञन्तं ॥

1 उञ्छ, 2 म्लेच्छ, 3 जञ्ज, 4 जल्प, 5 जप, 6 वध (व्यध), 7 युग, 8 गरो दूष्ये, 9 वेदवेगवेष्टबन्धाः, (चेष्ट वेष्ट) करणे, 10 स्तुयुद्रुवश्छन्दसि (परिष्टुत्, संयुत्, परिद्रुत्), 11 वर्तनिः स्तोत्रे 12 श्वभ्रे दरः, 13 साम्बतापौ भावगर्हायाम्, 14 उत्तमशश्वत्तमौ (उत्तमशश्वत्तमशब्दौ) सर्वत्र, 15 भक्षमन्थः, भोगमन्थाः (भक्षमन्थभोगदेहाः) ॥

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.

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