6.2.31
दिष्टिवितस्त्योश्च
Operational rule vidhi
In a द्विगु समास (Numeral Determinative Compound) the first member may optionally preserve its accent when followed by the words दिष्टि and वितस्ति।as its second members.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context दिष्टि- वितस्त्योः saptamī · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
Full reading
दिष्टि-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
In a द्विगु समास (Numeral Determinative Compound) the first member may optionally preserve its accent when followed by the words दिष्टि and वितस्ति।as its second members.
Thus प꣡ञ्चदिष्टिः or पञ्चदिष्टिः꣡, प꣡ञ्चवितस्तिः or पञ्चवितस्तिः꣡ ॥ The affix मात्रच् is elided after the प्रमाण denoting words dishti and vitasti 5.2.37.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.