पुरुषश्चान्वादिष्टः

Operational rule vidhi

After अनु the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the final of पुरुष when it means a man of whom mention was already made.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term पुरुषः prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaSubstitute / term अन्वादिष्टः prathamā · ekavacana

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

पुरुषः च अन्वादिष्टः

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Commentary

After अनु the acute accent (उदात्त) falls on the final of पुरुष when it means a man of whom mention was already made.
The word अन्वादिष्ट means 'of a secondary importance, inferior', or 'mentioned again after having already been mentioned'. Thus अन्वादिष्टः पुरुषः = अनुपुरुषः꣡; but अनुगतः पुरुषः = अनुपुरुषः ॥

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