6.2.73
अके जीविकाऽर्थे
Operational rule vidhi
A word denoting the object of comparison gets the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable when the second member is a word ending in the affix अक and the compound expresses a calling by which one gets his living.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अके saptamī · ekavacanaRight context जीविका- अर्थे 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
अके जीविका-
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Commentary
A word denoting the object of comparison gets the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable when the second member is a word ending in the affix अक and the compound expresses a calling by which one gets his living.
Thus द꣡न्तलेखकः, न꣡खलेखकः, अ꣡वस्करशोधकः, र꣡मणीयकारकः = दन्तलेखनादिभिर्येषां जीविका ॥ The compounding takes place by 2.2.17. Why do we say when meaning 'means of living'? Observe इक्षुभक्षिकां मे धारयसि ॥ All affixes which ultimately become अक by taking substitutes, are called अक affixes. Thus ण्वुल्, वुन् &c are अक affixes (VII.I.I). Why do we say "ending in the affix अक"?
Observe रमणीयकर्त्ता ॥ Here the compounding takes place by 2.2.17, and the affix तृच् is added in the sense of sport and not of livelihood.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.