महाकुलादञ्खञौ

Operational rule vidhi

The affixes अञ् and खञ् come optionally after the word महाकुल.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context महाकुलात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अ - औ prathamā · dvivacana

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

महाकुलात् अञ्-खञौ

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Commentary

The affixes अञ् and खञ् come optionally after the word महाकुल।
Thus माहाकुलः, माहाकुलीनः and महाकुलीनः ॥ The last is formed by the affix ख of 4.1.139.

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