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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§144

Tavaṃ mamañ ca navā

And occasionally “tavaṃ” and “mamaṃ”.

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144. 234. Tavaṃ mamañ ca navā (322)

[Tavaṃ-mamaṃ + ca + navā = 3 words]

Sabbesaṃ tumha-amhasaddānaṃ savibhattīnaṃ tavaṃ-mamaṃ icc ete ādesā honti navā yathāsaṅkhyaṃ aṃmhi vibhattimhi.

Tavaṃ, mamaṃ passati.

Navā ti kimatthaṃ? Taṃ, maṃ passati.

Caggahaṇam anukaḍḍhanatthaṃ.

And occasionally “tavaṃ” and “mamaṃ”.
Occasionally, when the inflection ‘aṃ’ follows, the whole word “tumha” together with the inflection is substituted by “tavaṃ”, and the whole word “amha” together with the inflection is substituted by “mamaṃ”.
Examples
  1. Tavaṃ = tumha + aṃ (“tumha” together with the inflection ‘aṃ’ is substituted by “tavaṃ” (§144)).
  2. Mamaṃ = amha + aṃ (“amha” together with the inflection ‘aṃ’ is substituted by “mamaṃ” (§144)).

What is the purpose of saying “occasionally”? [To exclude the cases in which this rule does not apply, such as in] taṃ, maṃ passati.

“Ca” is for dragging.

Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.

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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.