Grammatical Sūtra: अधःशिरसी पदे adhaḥśirasī pade
Individual Word Components: adhaḥśirasī (ṣaṣṭhyarthe prathamā'tra) pade Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: adhaḥśirasī (ṣaṣṭhyarthe prathamā'tra) pade padasya (8.1.16 ), pūrvatra (8.2.1 ), asiddham (8.2.1 ), saṁhitāyām (8.2.108 ), visarjanīyasya (8.3.34 ), kupvoḥ (8.3.37 ), saḥ (8.3.38 ), ṣaḥ (8.3.39 ), samāse (8.3.45 ), anuttarapadasthasya (8.3.45 ) Type of Rule: vidhiPreceding adhikāra rule: 8.3.4 (1anunāsikāt paro 'nusvāraḥ)
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For the visarga of ((adhas)) or ((śiras)) when not preceded by another word, and followed by the word ((pada)) in composition with it, there is substituted ((s))| | Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0
[The substitute phoneme dental s 38 replaces the padá 1.16 final 1.1.52 ḥ of the padá-s 1.16] adhás `below' and śíras- `head [in composition with 45 the nominal stem 4.1.1] padá- `place' [provided it is not itself a posterior member 45, in continuous utterance 2.108]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.