6.2.165
संज्ञायां मित्राजिनयोः
Operational rule vidhi
In a बहुव्रीहि समास ending in मित्र and अजिन the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the last syllable when the compound denotes a Name.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacanaTarget मित्र- अजिनयोः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacana
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
Full reading
संज्ञायाम् मित्र-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
In a बहुव्रीहि समास ending in मित्र and अजिन the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the last syllable when the compound denotes a Name.
As देवमित्रः꣡, ब्रह्ममित्रः꣡, वृकाजिनः꣡, कुलाजिनः꣡ कृष्णाजिनः꣡ ॥ Why do we say 'a Name'? Observe प्रियमित्रः꣡, महाजिनः ॥
Vart:- Prohibition must be stated in the case of मित्र when the name is that of a Rishi. As विश्वामि꣡त्रः which is governed by 6.2.106 ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.