6.2.166
व्यवायिनोऽन्तरम्
Operational rule vidhi
In a बहुव्रीहि समास ending in अन्तर the acute accent (उदात्त) is on the final after a word which denotes 'that which lies between'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context व्यवायिनः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अन्तरम् prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Full reading
व्यवायिनः अन्तरम्
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 अन्तर the acute accent (उदात्त) is on the final after a word which denotes 'that which lies between'.
Thus वस्त्रान्तर꣡म् 'through an intervened cloth or drapery', पटान्तर꣡म्, कम्बलान्तर꣡म् = वस्त्रमन्तरं व्यवधायकं यस्य &c. Why do we say 'when meaning lying between'? Observe आत्मान्तरम् = आत्मा स्वभावोऽन्तरोऽन्योयस्य ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.