6.2.79
णिनि
Operational rule vidhi
A compound ending in कृत् -affix णिनि (इन्) has the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable of the first member.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context णिनि 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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णिनि
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Commentary
A compound ending in कृत् -affix णिनि (इन्) has the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable of the first member.
Thus पु꣡ष्पहारिन्, फ꣡लहारिन्, प꣡र्णहारिन् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.