6.2.159
संज्ञायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
When abuse is meant, a word preceded by नञ् has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final in denoting a Name.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · 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").
Full reading
संज्ञायाम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
When abuse is meant, a word preceded by नञ् has acute accent (उदात्त) on the final in denoting a Name.
Thus अदेवदत्तः꣡ 'No Devadatta, not deserving of this name' अयज्ञदत्तः꣡, अविष्णुमित्रः꣡ ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.