न निविभ्याम्

Operational rule vidhi

The word अन्तर् does not have acute accent (उदात्त) on the final after the prepositions नि and वि.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Indeclinable न avyayaLeft context निविभ्याम् pañcamī · dvivacana

Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.

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न निविभ्याम्

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Commentary

The word अन्तर् does not have acute accent (उदात्त) on the final after the prepositions नि and वि।
Thus न्य॑न्तः, व्य॑न्तः, here the first member retains its acute, and semivowel is then substituted for the vowel इ, then the subsequent grave is changed to svarita by 8.2.4.

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