Grammatical Sūtra: उपोत्तमं रिति upottamaṃ riti
Individual Word Components: upottamam riti
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: upottamam riti udāttaḥ (6.1.159)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:6.1.136 (1aḍabhyāsavyavāye 'pi)

Description:

What is formed by an affix having an indicatory ((ra)), has acute on the penultimate syllable, the full word consisting of more than two syllables. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0

The penultimate (úpottaman) syllable [of a (polysyllabic) nominal stem 4.1.1 ending in 1.1.72 an affix 3.1.1] with marker R as IT [bears the udātta accent 159]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.

Source:Srisa Chandra Vasu's Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

Anuvṛtti: 6.1.159

Mahābhāṣya: With kind permission: Dr. George Cardona

1/7:upottamagrahaṇam kimarthan na riti pūrvam iti eva ucyeta |
2/7:tatra ayam api arthaḥ |
3/7:matoḥ pūrvam āt sañjñāyām striyām iti atra pūrvagrahaṇam na kartavyam bhavati |
4/7:evam tarhi upottamagrahaṇam uttarārtham |
5/7:caṅi anyatarasyām upottamam iti eva |
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Kāśikāvṛttī¹: ridantasya upottamam udāttaṃ bhavati. triprabhṛtīnām antyam uttamam tasya samīpe   See More

Kāśikāvṛttī²: upottamaṃ riti 6.1.217 ridantasya upottamam udāttaṃ bhavati. triprabhṛtīnām ant   See More

Nyāsa²: upottamaṃ riti. , 6.1.211

1.Source: Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
2.Source: Sanskrit Documents