क्षत्राद्घः

Operational rule vidhi

The affix घ comes in the sense of a descendant after the word क्षत्र.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context क्षत्रात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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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Full reading

क्षत्रात्

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Commentary

The affix घ comes in the sense of a descendant after the word क्षत्र।
Thus क्षत्रियः 'a Kshatriya.' This is also a class name. The son of क्षत्र will be क्षात्रिः ॥ The affix घ here should not be confounded with the technical घ which means the affixes तरप् and तमप् (1.1. 22).

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