6.2.114
कण्ठपृष्ठग्रीवाजंघं च
Operational rule vidhi
In a बहुव्रीहि समास expressing a Name or comparison the second members 1. कण्ठ 2. पृष्ठ 3. ग्रीवा and 4. जङ्घा have acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term कण्ठ- पृष्ठ- ग्रीवा- जंघम् prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
कण्ठ-
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Commentary
In a बहुव्रीहि समास expressing a Name or comparison the second members 1. कण्ठ 2. पृष्ठ 3. ग्रीवा and 4. जङ्घा have acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable.
Thus Name: शितिक꣡ण्ठः, नीलक꣡ण्ठः ॥ Comparison खरक꣡ण्ठः, उष्ट्रक꣡ण्ठः ॥ Name काण्डपृ꣡ष्टः, नाकपृ꣡ष्टः ॥ Resemblance गोपृ꣡ष्ट, अजपृ꣡ष्टः ॥ Name सुग्री꣡वः, नीलग्री꣡वः, दशग्री꣡वः ॥ Resemblance गोग्रीवः, अश्वग्री꣡वः ॥ Name नाडीज꣡ङ्घः, तालज꣡ङ्घः ॥ Resemblance गोज꣡ङ्घः, अश्वज꣡ङ्घः, एणीज꣡ङ्घः ॥
The sutra कण्ठपृष्ठग्रीवाजंघ is in Neuter gender, and जंघा is shortened as it is a Samahara Dvandva. In the case of सुग्रीव, the accent would have fallen on the final व by 6.2.172, this ordains acute on ग्री ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.