6.2.179
अन्तः
Operational rule vidhi
After अन्तर् the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the final of वन.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable अन्तः avyaya
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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अन्तः
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Commentary
After अन्तर् the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the final of वन।
Thus अन्तर्वणो꣡ देशः ॥ This sutra is made in order to make क्न oxytoned, when a preposition (upasarga) does not precede.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.