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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§113

Sakhato gass’ e vā

Optionally, ‘e’ of ‘ga’ after “sakha”.

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113. 132. Sakhato gass’ e vā (285-6)

[Sakhato + gassa + e + vā = 4 words]

Tasmā sakhato gassa akāra-ākāra-ikāra-īkāra-ekārādesā honti vā.

Bho sakha, bho sakhā, bho sakhi, bho sakhī, bho sakhe.

Optionally, ‘e’ of ‘ga’ after “sakha”.
Optionally, after “sakha”, there are the substitutions of ‘ga’ by ‘a’, ‘ā’, ‘i’, ‘ī’ and ‘e’.
  1. Sakha = sakha + si (‘si’ is named ‘ga’ (§57); ‘ga’ is substituted by ‘a’ (§113); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
  2. The formation of the rest of the examples is similar to the previous one.

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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.