6.2.67
विभाषाऽध्यक्षे
Operational rule vidhi
The acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable is optional when the word अध्यक्ष follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अध्यक्षे saptamī · 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").
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Full reading
अध्यक्षे
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Commentary
The acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable is optional when the word अध्यक्ष follows.
Thus ग꣡वाध्यक्षः or गवाध्यक्षः꣡ 'a superintendent of cows' : अ꣡श्वाध्यक्षः or अश्वाध्यक्षः꣡ ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.