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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§155

Yosv āno

When ‘yo’ follow, ‘āno’.

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155. 137. Yosv āno (335)

[Yosu + āno = 2 words]

Puma icc evam antassa savibhattissa āno-ādeso hoti yosu vibhattīsu.

Pumāno, he pumāno.

Yosv iti kimatthaṃ? Pumā.

When ‘yo’ follow, ‘āno’.
When the inflections ‘yo’ follow, the end vowel of “puma” together with the inflection is substituted by ‘āno’.
Examples
  1. Pumāno = puma + yo (‘a’ of “puma” together with ‘yo’ is substituted by ‘āno’ (§155)).
  2. He pumāno = puma + yo (vocative plural; ‘a’ of “puma” together with ‘yo’ is substituted by ‘āno’ (§155)).

What is the purpose of saying “when ‘yo’ follow”? [This sutta does not apply when ‘yo’ does not follow, such as in] pumā.

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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.