6.2.185
अभेर्मुखम्
Operational rule vidhi
The word मुख has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final when preceded by अभि.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अभेः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term मुखम् 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.
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Full reading
अभेः मुखम्
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Commentary
The word मुख has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final when preceded by अभि।
As, अभिमुख꣡म् ॥ It is a Bahuvrihi or a प्रादि samasa. If it is an Avyayibhava, then it would have acute on the final by 6.1.223 also. By 6.2.177, even मुख would have oxytone after an upasarga, the present sutra makes the additional declaration that मुख is oxytone even when the compound is not a Bahuvrihi, when it does not denote an indispensable part of body, or a part of body even, as was the case in 6.2.177. Thus अभिमुखा꣡ शाला ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.