6.2.96
उदकेऽकेवले
Operational rule vidhi
Before the word उदक when the compound denotes a mixture, the last syllable of the first member has the acute accent (उदात्त).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context उदके saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अकेवले 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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Full reading
उदके अकेवले
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Commentary
Before the word उदक when the compound denotes a mixture, the last syllable of the first member has the acute accent (उदात्त).
Thus गुडो꣡दकम् or गुडो॑दकम्, तिलो꣡दकम् or तिलो॑दकम् ॥ When we have already made the उ and ल acute by this rule, then the svarita accent may result optionally, by the combination of the acute अ of guda and tila and the subsequent grave उ of उदक, by Rule 8.2.6. The word अकेवल in means mixture. When mixture is not meant, this rule does not apply. As शीतोदकम्, उष्णोदकम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.