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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§104

S’ o

‘Si’ [becomes] ‘o’.

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104. 66. S’ o (272)

[Si + o = 2 words]

Tasmā akārato sivacanassa okārādeso hoti.

Sabbo, yo, so, ko, amuko, puriso.

Sī ti kimatthaṃ? Purisānaṃ.

Ato ti kimatthaṃ? Sayambhū.

‘Si’ [becomes] ‘o’.
After the letter ‘a’, the inflection ‘si’ is substituted by ‘o’.
Examples
  1. Sabbo = sabba + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘o’ (§104); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
  2. The formation of the rest of the examples is similar to the previous one.

What is the purpose of saying ‘si’? [This sutta does not apply when there is no ‘si’, such as in] purisānaṃ.

What is the purpose of saying “after ‘a’”? [This sutta does not apply when there is no ‘a’, such as in] sayambhū.

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Pāḷi text and English translation by Bhikkhu Nandisena; edition, apparatus and glossary by the Instituto de Estudios Buddhistas Hispano (IEBH). This material may be reproduced for personal use and distributed free of charge. Copyright © 2026 IEBH. Published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21948010.