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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§134

Pañcādīnam akāro

The letter ‘a’ of “pañca”, etc.

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134. 251. Pañcādīnam akāro (247)

[Pañca-ādīnaṃ + akāro = 2 words]

Pañcādīnaṃ saṅkhyānaṃ itthi-puma-napuṃsake vattamānānaṃ savibhattissa antassa sarassa akāro hoti yo icc etesu.

Pañca, pañca; cha, cha; satta, satta; aṭṭha, aṭṭha; nava, nava; dasa, dasa.

Pañcādīnam iti kimatthaṃ? Dve, tayo.

The letter ‘a’ of “pañca”, etc.
When ‘yo’ follows, the end vowel together with the inflection, of the numerals “pañca”, etc., which are feminine, masculine and neuter, is substituted by the letter ‘a’.
Example
  1. Pañca = pañca + yo (‘a’ of “pañca” together with the inflection ‘yo’ is substituted by ‘a’ (§134)).
  2. The formation of the rest of the examples is similar to the previous one.

What is the purpose of saying “of the numerals ‘pañca’, etc.”? [This sutta does not apply when there is no “pañca”, etc., such as in] dve, tayo.

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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.