6.2.136
कुण्डं वनम्
Operational rule vidhi
The word कुण्ड at the end of a तत्-पुरुष समास denoting 'a wood or forest' has acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable.
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कुण्डम् वनम्
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Commentary
The word कुण्ड at the end of a तत्-पुरुष समास denoting 'a wood or forest' has acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable.
The word कुण्ड here denotes 'a wood' by metaphor. Thus दर्भकु꣡ण्डम्, शरकु꣡ण्डम् ॥ Why do we say when denoting 'a wood'? Observe मृतकुण्डम् ॥ The word कुण्ड means (1) a basin (2) a caste called kunda. Some say it means 'forest' also primarily and metaphorically. The force here is that of समुदाय, i.e. शरवणसमुदायः = शरकुण्डम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.