6.2.46
कर्मधारयेऽनिष्ठा
Operational rule vidhi
Before the Past Participle in क्त the first member when it itself is not a Past Participle, retains its original accent in a कर्मधारय समास .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अनिष्ठा prathamā · ekavacana
- 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").
- 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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अनिष्ठा
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Commentary
Before the Past Participle in क्त the first member when it itself is not a Past Participle, retains its original accent in a कर्मधारय समास ।
This rule is confined to the Past Participles and the Nouns specifically mentioned in 2.1.59; on the maxim of pratipadokta &c. Thus श्रेणिकृताः, पूग꣡कृताः, ऊक꣡कृताः, निध꣡नकृताः ॥ The word श्रे꣡णि has acute on the first as it is formed by the affix नि which is considered नित् (Unadi IV. 51). The word पूग is end-acute as it is formed by the affix गक् (Unadi I.124). The word ऊक is also end-acute 6.2.32. The word निध has acute on the middle. Why do we say in a Karmadharaya compound? Observe श्रेण्या कृतं = श्रेनिकृत꣡म् ॥ Why do we say 'when it is a non-nishtha word ?' Observe कृताकृतम् ॥ Here the compounding is by 2.1.60.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.