6.2.188
अधेरुपरिस्थम्
Operational rule vidhi
After अधि that word which denotes that thing which overlaps or stands upon has the acute accent (उदात्त) on the final.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अधेः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term उपरिस्थम् 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
अधेः उपरिस्थम्
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Commentary
After अधि that word which denotes that thing which overlaps or stands upon has the acute accent (उदात्त) on the final.
Thus अधिदन्तः꣡ = दन्तस्योपरि योऽन्योदन्तो जायते 'a tooth that grows over another tooth'.अधिकर्णः꣡, अधिकेशः꣡ ॥ These are प्रादि samasa or an appositional compound in which the second member has been dropped. Why do we say when meaning 'standing upon'? Observe अधिक꣡रणम् Here the acute is on क, the krit-formed second member retaining its accent 6.2.139.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.