न दण्डमाणवान्तेवासिषु

Operational rule vidhi

The affix वुञ् is not used after a Family-name when it denotes 'a beginner pupil' and 'a boarder pupil'.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Indeclinable न avyayaRight context दण्ड- माणव- अन्तेवासिषु saptamī · bahuvacana

Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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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न दण्ड-माणव-अन्तेवासिषु

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Commentary

The affix वुञ् is not used after a Family-name when it denotes 'a beginner pupil' and 'a boarder pupil'.
The word दण्डमाणवाः means a little naughty boy (माणव), the only means of instilling knowledge in whom is the rod (खण्ड), or whose principal sign of studentship is the 'danda' and nothing intrinsic. i.e. a mere beginner. The न is changed to ण in माणव by 4.1.161 karika. अन्तेवासिनः are pupils or boarders who live in their teacher's house. The word 'gotra' is understood here. Thus दाक्षाः 'the junior or the senior pupils of Dakshi.' माहकाः ॥ So also गौकक्षा दण्डमाणवा अन्तेवासिनोवा ॥

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.