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§14

Kvac’ āsavaṇṇaṃ lutte

Sometimes, when [the previous vowel has been] elided, [the following vowel becomes] dissimilar.

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14. 16. Kvac’ āsavaṇṇaṃ lutte (34)

[Kvaci + a-savaṇṇaṃ + lutte = 3 words]

Saro kho paro pubbasare lutte kvaci (sometimes) asavaṇṇaṃ pappoti.

Saṅkyaṃ n’ opeti vedagū (S. 408), bandhusseva samāgamo.

Kvacī ti kasmā? Yass’ indriyāni (Khu. i, 27, 358), tathūpamaṃ dhammavaraṃ adesayi (Khu. i, 7, 314).

Sometimes, when [the previous vowel has been] elided, [the following vowel becomes] dissimilar.
When the previous vowel has been elided, the following vowel sometimes becomes dissimilar.
Examples: “Saṅkyaṃ n’ opeti vedagū”, “bandhusseva samāgamo”.
Examples [with formation sequence]
N’ opeti
Sequence
  1. na upeti
  2. n a upeti (§10)
  3. n upeti (§12)
  4. n opeti (§14)
  5. nopeti (§11)
  6. n’ opeti (ME)
Bandhusseva
Sequence
  1. bandhussa iva
  2. bandhuss a iva (§10)
  3. bandhuss iva (§12)
  4. bandhuss eva (§14)
  5. bandhusseva (§11)

Why say “sometimes”? [To prevent the operation of this rule in the following examples] “Yass’ indriyāni”, “tathūpamaṃ dhammavaraṃ adesayi”.

Counter-examples
Yass’ indriyāni
Sequence
  1. yassa indriyāni
  2. yass a indriyāni (§10)
  3. yass indriyāni (§12)
  4. yassindriyāni (§11)
  5. yass’ indriyāni (ME)
Tathūpamaṃ
Sequence
  1. tathā upamaṃ
  2. tath ā upamaṃ (§10)
  3. tath upamaṃ (§12)
  4. tath ūpamaṃ (§15)
  5. tathūpamaṃ (§11)

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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.