8.2.90
याज्याऽन्तः
Operational rule vidhi
The last vowel at the end of मन्त्र-s called याज्य , when used in sacrificial works is प्लुत and has the acute accent (उदात्त).
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याज्याऽन्तः
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Commentary
The last vowel at the end of मन्त्र-s called याज्य , when used in sacrificial works is प्लुत and has the acute accent (उदात्त).
Thus स्तोमैर्विधेमाग्नये३ (Rig. VIII.43. II), जिह्वामग्ने चकृषे हव्यवाहा३म् (Rig. X. 8.6).
Why do we say 'at the end'? There are some Yajya hymns, consisting of several sentences. The final vowel (टि) of every sentence would have become pluta, in such a hymn. To prevent it, the word "anta" is used, so that the final vowel of the hymn at the end of all, becomes pluta.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.