6.2.113
संज्ञौपम्ययोश्च
Operational rule vidhi
In a बहुव्रीहि समास the second member कर्ण has acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable when the compound denotes a Name or Resemblance.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context संज्ञा- औपम्ययोः saptamī · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Commentary
In a बहुव्रीहि समास the second member कर्ण has acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable when the compound denotes a Name or Resemblance.
Thus कुञ्चिक꣡र्णः, मणिक꣡र्णः, are Names: गोक꣡र्णः, खरक꣡र्णः denote resemblance i.e. "persons having ears like a cow or an ass".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.