संज्ञायां कन्

Operational rule vidhi

The affix कन् (क) comes in the above sense of contemptible when the whole word is a Name.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Right context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term क 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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संज्ञायाम् कन्

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Commentary

The affix कन् (क) comes in the above sense of contemptible when the whole word is a Name.
The word कुत्सिते of the last sutra is understood here also. This कन् debars क ॥ शुद्रकः, धारकः, चूर्णकः ॥

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