6.1.219
मतोः पूर्वमात् संज्ञायां स्त्रियाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The आ before the affix मत् has the acute accent, when the word is a name in the Feminine Gender.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context मतोः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term पूर्वम् prathamā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term आत् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacanaRight context स्त्रियाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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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मतोः पूर्वम् आत् संज्ञायाम् स्त्रियाम्
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Commentary
The आ before the affix मत् has the acute accent, when the word is a name in the Feminine Gender.
Thus अदुम्बरा꣡वती, पुष्करा꣡वती, शरा꣡वती 4.2.85. The lengthening takes place by 6.3.120. वीरणा꣡वती ॥ Why do we say 'the आ'? Observe इक्षुम꣡ती, द्रुमवती꣡ ॥ The words इक्षु Un. III.157 and द्रुम 5.2.108 are end-acute, so accent is on मतुप् by (VI.I.I76). Why do we say when a name? Observe ख꣡ट्वावती ॥ खट्वा is formed by क्वन् and has acute on the first (Un. I.151). Why do we say in the Feminine Gender? Observe शरावान् ॥ Why do we say when followed by मत् ? Observe गवादिनी ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.