6.2.88
मालादीनां च
Operational rule vidhi
The first syllable of माला etc. gets the acute accent (उदात्त) when प्रस्थ follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target माला- आदीनाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
माला-
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Commentary
The first syllable of माला etc. gets the acute accent (उदात्त) when प्रस्थ follows.
Thus मा꣡लाप्रस्थः, शा꣡लाप्रस्थः ॥ This sutra applies even though the first syllables are Vriddhi vowel. In the words एक and शोणा the letters ए and ओ are treated as Vriddhi 1.1.75.
1 माला, 2 शाला, 3 शोणा (शोण), 4 द्राक्षा, 5 स्राक्षा, 6 क्षामा, 7 काञ्ची, 8 एक, 9 काम, 10 क्षौमा ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.