6.2.3
वर्णो वर्णेष्वनेते
Operational rule vidhi
The first member of a तत्-पुरुष समास preserves its original accent when a word denoting colour is compounded with another colour denoting word but not so when it is the word एत.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term वर्णः prathamā · ekavacanaRight context वर्णेषु saptamī · bahuvacanaRight context अनेते saptamī · ekavacana
- 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
वर्णः वर्णेषु अनेते
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Commentary
The first member of a तत्-पुरुष समास preserves its original accent when a word denoting colour is compounded with another colour denoting word but not so when it is the word एत।
Thus कृष्ण꣡सारङ्गी, लो꣡हितसारङ्गी, कृष्ण꣡कल्माषः, लो꣡हितकल्माषः ॥ कृष्ण is formed by मक् affix (Unadi. III.4) and has acute on the final 3.1.3. लोहित is formed by the affix तन् added to रुह् (Unadi, III.94) and has accent on the first 6.1.197.
Why do we say 'color-denoting word'? Observe परमकृष्णः꣡ 6.1.223. Why do we say 'with another color denoting word'? Observe कृष्णतिलाः꣡ 6.1.223. Why do we say 'but not when it is एत'? Observe कृष्णेतः꣡, लोहितैतः꣡ ॥ The compounding takes place by 2.1.69.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.