6.1.165
कितः
Operational rule vidhi
The word ending in a तद्धितसंज्ञक कित्-प्रत्यय become अन्तोदात्त.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target कितः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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कितः
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Commentary
A stem formed by a तद्धित-affix having an indicatory क , has acute accent on the end syllable.
Thus ना॒डा॒य॒नः꣡ formed by फक् 4.1.99, so also चा॒रा॒य॒णः꣡ ॥ Similarly आक्षि॒कः꣡, शा॒लाकि॒कः꣡ formed by ठक् 4.4.1.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.