6.2.74
प्राचां क्रीडायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
A compound, the second member of which is a word ending in affix अक and which denotes the sport of the Eastern people, gets the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target प्राचाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacanaRight context क्रीडायाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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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प्राचाम् क्रीडायाम्
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Commentary
A compound, the second member of which is a word ending in affix अक and which denotes the sport of the Eastern people, gets the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable.
Thus उ꣡द्दालकपुष्पभञ्जिका, वी꣡रणपुष्पप्रचायिका, शा꣡लभञ्जिका, ता꣡लभञ्जिका ॥ These are formed by ण्वुल् affix 3.3.109, and the compounding takes place by 2.2.17. Why do we say 'of the Eastern Folk'? Observe जीवपुत्रप्रचायिका, which is a sport of the Western People. Why do we say 'when denoting a sport'? Observe तवपुष्पप्रचायिका 'thy turn for &c', which is formed by ण्वुच् 3.3.111 and denotes 'rotation or turn'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.