न संज्ञायाम्

Operational rule vidhi

The affix कप् does not come after a बहुव्रीहि समास when a name is meant.

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Indeclinable न avyayaRight context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacana

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 संज्ञायाम्

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Commentary

The affix कप् does not come after a बहुव्रीहि समास when a name is meant.
This debars कप् ordained by the last. Thus विश्वेदेवा अस्य = विश्वदेवः, विश्वयशाः ॥

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