6.1.223
समासस्य
Operational rule vidhi
A compound word has the acute on the last syllable.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
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Commentary
A compound word has the acute on the last syllable.
Thus राजपुरुषः꣡ ब्राह्मणकम्बलः꣡, कन्याखनः꣡, पटहशब्दः꣡, नदीघोषः꣡, राजदृष꣡त्, ब्राह्मणसमि꣡त् ॥ The consonants being held to be non-existent for the purposes of accent, the udatta will fall on the vowel though it may not be final, the final being a consonant. The exceptions to this rule will be mentioned in the next chapter.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.