6.1.218
चङ्यन्यतरस्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
The acute accent may be optionally on the penultimate syllable of the reduplicated Aorist in चङ् , the word consisting of more than two syllables.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context चङि saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् saptamī · ekavacana
- 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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चङि अन्यतरस्याम्
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Commentary
The acute accent may be optionally on the penultimate syllable of the reduplicated Aorist in चङ् , the word consisting of more than two syllables.
Thus मा हि चीकर꣡ताम् or चीक꣡रताम् ॥ The augment अट् is elided by the addition of मा, 6.4.74; हि prevents the verb from becoming anudatta 8.1.34 then comes the चित् accent of चङ् ॥ The augmented form with अट् has acute always on the first syllable 6.4.71. When the word is of less than three syllables, the rule does not apply, as, माहि दध꣡त् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.