6.2.82
दीर्घकाशतुषभ्राष्ट्रवटं जे
Operational rule vidhi
When the first member is a word ending in a long vowel or is 1. काश 2. तुष 3. भ्राष्ट्र 4. वट and is followed by ज , the acutely accented (उदात्त) falls on the first syllable.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term - काश- तुष- भ्राष्ट्र- वटम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context जे saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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
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Commentary
When the first member is a word ending in a long vowel or is 1. काश 2. तुष 3. भ्राष्ट्र 4. वट and is followed by ज , the acutely accented (उदात्त) falls on the first syllable.
Thus कु꣡टीजः, श꣡मीजः, का꣡शजः, तु꣡षजः, भ्रा꣡ष्ट्रजः व꣡टजः These are formed by the affix ङ् added to जन् 3.2.97.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.