6.2.176
न गुणादयोऽवयवाः
Operational rule vidhi
In a बहुव्रीहि समास , after बहु the acute accent (उदात्त) does not fall on the final of गुण etc. when they appear in the compound as ingredient of something else.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable न avyayaSubstitute / term गुणादयः prathamā · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term अवयवाः prathamā · bahuvacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Full reading
न गुणादयः अवयवाः
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 , after बहु the acute accent (उदात्त) does not fall on the final of गुण etc. when they appear in the compound as ingredient of something else.
Thus बहु꣡गुणाः रज्जुः, बह्व॑क्षरं पदम्, बहु꣡च्छन्दोमानम्, बह्व॑ध्यायः (VI.2. I). गुणादि is an Akrtigana. Why do we say "when it denotes an avayava or ingredient"? As बहुगुणो꣡ब्राह्मणः = अध्ययनश्रुतसदाचारादयोऽत्रगुणाः ॥
1 गुण, 2 अक्षर, 3 अध्याय, 4 सूक्त, छन्दोमान. आकृतिगण.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.