प्रकृत्या भगालम्

Operational rule vidhi

The word भगाल at the end of a तत्-पुरुष समास preserves its original accent.

Word by word (padaccheda)

With / by प्रकृत्या tṛtīyā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term भगालम् prathamā · ekavacana

With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.

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प्रकृत्या भगालम्

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Commentary

The word भगाल at the end of a तत्-पुरुष समास preserves its original accent.
The synonyms of भगाल are also included. As कुम्भीभगा꣡लम्, कुम्भीकपा꣡लम्, कुम्भीनदा꣡लम् ॥ The words भगाल &c, have acute on the middle. Phit II.9. The word प्रकृत्य governs the subsequent sutras upto 6.2.143.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.