6.2.30
बह्वन्यतरस्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
In a द्विगु समास (Numeral Determinative Compound) the word बहु may optionally preserve its accent when followed by an इक्-ending stem or by a time-word or by 1. कपाल 2. भगाल and 3. शराव.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term बहु prathamā · ekavacanaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् 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").
Full reading
बहु अन्यतरस्याम्
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Commentary
In a द्विगु समास (Numeral Determinative Compound) the word बहु may optionally preserve its accent when followed by an इक्-ending stem or by a time-word or by 1. कपाल 2. भगाल and 3. शराव।
This allows option where the last rule required the accent necessarily. Thus बह्व॑रत्निः or बह्वरत्निः, बहु꣡मास्यः or बहुमास्यः꣡, बहु꣡कपालः or बहुकपालः꣡, बहु꣡भगालः or बहुभगालः꣡, बहु꣡शरावः or बहुशरावः꣡ ॥ The word बहु꣡ has acute on the final being formed by the affix कु (Unadi I.29). When the उ is changed to व्, as in the first example, the anudatta अ is changed into svarita by _VIII.2.4): when the first member preserves its accent. In the other alternative, the accent falls on the last syllable.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.