6.2.76
शिल्पिनि चाकृञः
Operational rule vidhi
And when such a compound ending in अण् -affix denotes the name of a professional man, but not when the second term कार(derived from कृञ्), the acute accent (उदात्त) is on the first syllable of the first word.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context शिल्पिनि saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaLeft context अकृञः pañcamī · 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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शिल्पिनि च अकृञः
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Commentary
And when such a compound ending in अण् -affix denotes the name of a professional man, but not when the second term कार(derived from कृञ्), the acute accent (उदात्त) is on the first syllable of the first word.
Here also the second term ends in अण् affix. Thus त꣡न्तुवायः, तु꣡न्नवायः, वा꣡लवायः ॥ Why do we say when denoting 'a work-man or professional person'? Observe काण्डलावः꣡, शरलावः꣡ ॥ Why do we say 'but not when the affix अण् comes after कृ'? Observe कुम्भकारः꣡, अयस्कारः꣡ ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.