Samāse ca vibhāsā

And facultatively in a compound.

Kaccāyana 154
Rūpasiddhi 0
Saddanīti 334
Nāma-Kappa · Dutiya-Kaṇḍa

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154. 0. Samāse ca vibhāsā (334)

[Samāse + ca + vibhāsā = 3 words]

Puma icc evam antassa samāse ca aṃ-ādeso hoti vibhāsā samāse kate.

Itthī ca pumā ca napuṃsakaṃ ca itthipumannapuṃsakāni. Itthipumannapuṃsakānaṃ samūho itthipumannapuṃsakasamūho.

Vibhāsā ti kimatthaṃ? Itthipumanapuṃsakāni.

And facultatively in a compound.

Facultatively, when a compound is formed, the end vowel of “puma” together with the inflection is substituted by ‘aṃ’.

Example

Itthipumannapuṃsakāni = itthī ca pumā ca napuṃsakaṃ ca (‘ā’ of “puma” is substituted by ‘aṃ’ (§154); ‘ṃ’ is substituted by ‘n’ (§31)).

What is the purpose of saying “facultatively”? [This sutta does not always apply, such as in] itthipumanapuṃsakāni.

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