6.1.203
वृषादीनां च
Operational rule vidhi
The words वृष etc. have the acute on the first syllable.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target वृषादीनाम् 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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Full reading
वृषादीनाम् च
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Commentary
The words वृष etc. have the acute on the first syllable.
Thus 1. वृ꣡षः॒, 2. ज꣡नः॒, 3. ज्व꣡रः॒, 4. ग्र꣡हः॒, 5. ह꣡यः॒, 6. ग꣡यः॒ ॥ These are formed by अच् 3.1.134. The word गय is from गै - गायते, irregularly it is treated as गे ॥ 7. नयः॒, 8. तायः॒, 9. तयः॒, 10. चयः॒, 11. अमः॒, 12. वेदः॒, 13. सूदः॒, 14. वदः॒ (formed by अच् numbers 8 to11 are not in Kasika). सूद is formed by क 3.1.135 15. अंशः, 16. गुहा (formed by: अङ् 3.3.104). 17. शमरणौ संज्ञायां संमतौ भावकर्मणोः :- शमः and रणः, 18. मन्त्रः (formed by अच् 3.1.134), I9. शान्तिः formed by त्किच्, 20. कामः, 21. यामः, both formed by घञ्, 22. आरा, 23. धारा, 24. कारा, (all three formed by अङ् 3.3.104), 25. वहः - गोचरादिषु formed by घञ् 26. कल्पः, 27. पादः formed by घञ्, which may either take the accent indicated by the affix or by 6.1.159, 28. पयः, 29. दवः ॥ It is आकृतिगणः ॥ All words which are acutely accented on the first, should be considered as belonging to this class, if their accent cannot be accounted for by any other rule.
1 वृषः, 2 जनः, 3 ज्वर 4 ग्रहः 5 हयः, 6 गयः, 7 नयः, 8 ताय , 9 तयः, 10 चयः, 11 श्रमः, 12 वेदः, 13 मूदः, 14 अंशः, 15 गुहा, 16 शमरणौ संज्ञायां संमतौ भावकर्मणोः, 17 मन्त्रः, 18 शान्तिः, 19 कामः, 20 यामः, 21 आरा, 22 धारा, 23 कारा, 24 वहः, 25 कल्पः, 26 पादः 27 पयः, 28 दवः, 29 आकृतिगण ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.