6.2.189
अनोरप्रधानकनीयसी
Operational rule vidhi
After अनु a word which is not the Principal as well as कनीयस् has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अनोः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अप्रधान- कनीयसी prathamā · dvivacana
- 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
अनोः अप्रधान-
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Commentary
After अनु a word which is not the Principal as well as कनीयस् has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final.
The word अप्रधान means a word which stands in a dependant relation in a compound. Thus अनुगतो ज्येष्ठम् = अनुज्येष्ठः꣡, अनुमध्यमः꣡ ॥ These are प्रादि samasa in which the first member is the principal or Pradhana. अनुगतः कनीयान् = अनुकनीया꣡म्, here the second member is the Principal: the word कनीयस् is taken as प्रधान ॥ Had it been non-pradhana, it would be covered by the first portion of the sutra, and there would have been no necessity of its separate enumeration. Why do we say "अप्रधान"? Observe अनुगतो ज्येष्ठः = अनुज्येष्ठः, where ज्येष्ठ is the Principal.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.