6.1.164
तद्धितस्य
Operational rule vidhi
The word ending in a तद्धितसंज्ञक चित्-प्रत्यय become अन्तोदात्त.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Commentary
A stem formed with a तद्धित-affix having an indicatory च् , has acute on the end syllable.
Thus काञ्जायनाः꣡ formed by the affix च्फञ् 4.1.98. कुञ्ज + च् फञ् + ञ्य = कौ꣡ञ्जायन्यः dual कौ꣡ञ्जायन्यौ, plural कौञ्जायनाः꣡ (ञ्य being elided by 2.4.62, and thus giving scope to च्फञ् accent). In this affix there are two indicatory letters च and ञ; the च has only one function, namely, regulating the accent according to this rule, while ञ has two functions, one to regulate accent by 6.1.197, and another to cause Vriddhi by 7.2.117. Now arises the question, should the word get the accent च or of ञ ॥ The present rule declares that it should get the accent of च and not of ञ, for the latter finds still a function left to it, while if ञ was to regulate the accent, च would have no scope.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.