6.2.124
कन्था च
Operational rule vidhi
In a Neuter तत्-पुरुष समास ending in कन्था the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the first syllable of the second member.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term कन्था 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
कन्था च
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Commentary
In a Neuter तत्-पुरुष समास ending in कन्था the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the first syllable of the second member.
Thus सौशमिक꣡न्थम्, आह्वरक꣡न्थम्, चप्यक꣡न्थम् ॥ The word सौशमिः denotes the descendant of सुशमः (शोभनः शमो यस्य) आह्वर is formed by the preposition आ with the verb ष्ठ्वृ and the affix क 3.1.136 The compound is Neuter by 3.4.20. These are Genitive compounds. When the word is not Neuter we have दाक्षिकन्था ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.