प्रादस्वाङ्गं संज्ञायाम्

Operational rule vidhi

After प्र a, a word which does not denote a part of the body has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final when the compound is a name.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context प्रात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अस्वाङ्गम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · 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.
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").

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Full reading

प्रात् अस्वाङ्गम् संज्ञायाम्

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Commentary

After प्र a, a word which does not denote a part of the body has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final when the compound is a name.
Thus प्रकोष्ठ꣡म्, प्रगृह्य꣡म्, प्रद्वार꣡म् ॥ Why do we say 'not denoting a body part'? Observe प्र꣡हस्तम्, प्र꣡पदम् ॥ Why do we say 'when a Name'? Observe प्रपीठम् ॥

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.