महाराजाट्ठञ्

Operational rule vidhi

The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'this is his object of veneration' after the word महाराज.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context महाराजात् 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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महाराजात् ठञ्

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Commentary

The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'this is his object of veneration' after the word महाराज।
This debars अण् ॥ As मा꣡हाराजिकः 'who loves or serves the Maharaja'. The difference between this ठञ् and the ठक् of the last aphorism, is in accent only.

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