6.2.118
क्रत्वादयश्च
Operational rule vidhi
After the adjective सु in a बहुव्रीहि समास the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the first syllable of क्रतु etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term क्रत्वादयः prathamā · bahuvacanaIndeclinable 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
क्रत्वादयः च
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Commentary
After the adjective सु in a बहुव्रीहि समास the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the first syllable of क्रतु etc.
Thus सुक्र꣡तुः, सुदृ꣡शीकः, सुप्र꣡पूर्तिः, सुह꣡व्यः, सुभ꣡गः, सुप्र꣡तीकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.