8.1.50
शेषे विभाषा
Operational rule vidhi
When the above mentioned particles आहो and उताहो do not immediately precede the verb, the verb may optionally retain its accent.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context शेषे saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · 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").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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शेषे
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Commentary
When the above mentioned particles आहो and उताहो do not immediately precede the verb, the verb may optionally retain its accent.
Thus आहो देवदत्तः प꣡चति or प॒च॒ति॒ ॥ उताहो देवदत्तः प꣡ठति or प॒ठ॒ति॒ ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.