6.1.184

नृ चान्यतरस्याम्

Operational rule vidhi

After नृ , a case-ending beginning with भ or स is optionally unaccented.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Word नृ Indeclinable च avyayaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् saptamī · ekavacana
  • Word Case not marked in the source data.
  • Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
  • Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").

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Full reading

नृ च अन्यतरस्याम्

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Commentary

After नृ , a case-ending beginning with भ or स is optionally unaccented.
Thus नृ꣡भिः or नृभिः꣡, नृभ्यः꣡, नृभ्यः꣡, नृ꣡भ्याम्, नृभ्या꣡म् , नृ꣡षु, नृषु꣡ ॥ But not so श्रा꣡, त्रे꣡ ॥

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

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