The affix ṅīp is not used after an adjectival dvigu samāsa (Numeral Determinative Compound) ending with the word kāṇḍa where the taddhita affix is elided when the compound means field.,
Thus द्विकाण्डा क्षेत्रभक्तिः 'a division of a field of the measure of two kandas.' Here, the word द्विकाण्ड is a Dvigu compound ending in 'kanda'; the Taddhita affixes denoting measure enjoined by 5.2.37, have been elided by the vartika 'प्रमाणे लो द्विगोर्नित्यम्' given under the same sutra. The feminine, therefore, of this word will not be formed by 'nip' but by टाप्; so also त्रिकाण्डा क्षेत्रभक्तिः ॥
The term 'kanda' is a word expressive of non-measure; and, therefore, the prohibition contained in the last sutra applies to it; the present sutra is made to regulate this prohibition. That is to say, the prohibition contained in the last sutra is not universally applicable in the case of Dvigu compounds ending in 'kanda'; it applies to cases where the compound refers to superficial land measure. Therefore we have, द्विकाण्डी रज्जुः 'a rope two kandas long'; त्रिकाण्डी रज्जुः 'a rope three kandas long'.,