Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8
Sabbanāmānaṃ naṃmhi ca
And when ‘naṃ’ follows, of all the pronouns.
- Kaccāyana 102
- Rūpasiddhi 202
- Saddanīti 270
- Nāma-Kappa · Paṭhama-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →102. 202. Sabbanāmānaṃ naṃmhi ca (270)
Sabbesaṃ sabbanāmānaṃ anto akāro ettam āpajjate naṃmhi vibhattimhi.
Sabbesaṃ, sabbesānaṃ; yesaṃ, yesānaṃ; tesaṃ, tesānaṃ; imesaṃ, imesānaṃ; kesaṃ, kesānaṃ; itaresaṃ, itaresānaṃ; katamesaṃ, katamesānaṃ.
Sabbanāmānam iti kimatthaṃ? Buddhānaṃ Bhagavantānaṃ āciṇṇasamāciṇṇo (Vin. i, 114).
Akāro ti kimatthaṃ? Amūsaṃ, amūsānaṃ.
Naṃmhi ti kimatthaṃ? Sabbe, ime.
Caggahaṇam anukaḍḍhanatthaṃ.
- Sabbesaṃ = sabba + naṃ (‘a’ becomes ‘e’ (§102); ‘naṃ’ is substituted by ‘saṃ’ (§168)).
- The formation of the rest of the examples is similar to the previous one.
What is the purpose of saying “of [all the] pronouns”? [This sutta does not apply when there are no pronouns, such as in] “Buddhānaṃ Bhagavantānaṃ āciṇṇasamāciṇṇo”.
What is the purpose of saying “the letter ‘a’”? [This sutta does not apply when there is no ‘a’, such as in] amūsaṃ, amūsānaṃ.
What is the purpose of saying “when ‘naṃ’ follows”? [This sutta does not apply when ‘naṃ’ does not follow, such as in] sabbe, ime.
Sabbe = sabba + yo (here ‘a’ does not become ‘e’; rather, ‘yo’ becomes ‘e’ by §164).
“Ca” is for dragging.
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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