6.2.180
अन्तश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The word अन्तर् has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final when preceded by a preposition.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term अन्तः prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
अन्तः च
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Commentary
The word अन्तर् has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final when preceded by a preposition.
Thus प्रान्तः꣡, पर्यन्तः꣡ ॥ This is a Bahuvrihi or a प्रादि compound.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.