6.1.162
धातोः
Operational rule vidhi
A root has the acute on the end syllable.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target धातोः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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धातोः
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Commentary
A root has the acute on the end syllable.
The word अन्त is understood here. Thus प꣡चति, प꣡ठति, ऊर्णो꣡ति, गोपाय꣡ति, या꣡ति ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.