6.2.53
न्यधी च
Operational rule vidhi
The गति-s नि and अधि however retain their original accent before अञ्च् when the affix व् follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term न्यधी prathamā · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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".
Full reading
न्यधी च
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The गति-s नि and अधि however retain their original accent before अञ्च् when the affix व् follows.
Thus न्य॑ङ्, न्य॑ञ्चौ, न्य॑ञ्चः ॥ The अ becomes svarita by 8.2.4. So also अ꣡ध्यङ्, अ꣡ध्यञ्चौ, अ꣡ध्यञ्चः, अ꣡धीचः, अ꣡धीचः, नी꣡चः, नी꣡चा ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.