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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§160

A kammantassa ca

And [there is] ‘a’ of the end [vowel] of “kamma”.

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160. 197. A kammantassa ca (341)

[A + kamma-antassa + ca = 3 words]

Kamma icc evam antassa ca u-a-ādesā honti vā nāmhi vibhattimhi.

Kammunā (Khu. i, 299), kammanā (M. ii, 408), kammena vā.

Caggahaṇena maghava yuva icc evam antassa ā-ādeso hoti kvaci nā su icc etesu vibhattīsu. Maghavānā, maghavāsu, maghavesu, maghavena vā. Yuvānā, yuvāsu, yuvesu, yuvena vā.

And [there is] ‘a’ of the end [vowel] of “kamma”.
Optionally, when the inflection ‘nā’ follows, the end vowel of “kamma” is substituted by ‘u’ or ‘a’.
Examples
  1. Kammunā = kamma + nā (‘a’ of “kamma” is substituted by ‘u’ (§160)).
  2. Kammanā = kamma + nā (‘a’ of “kamma” is substituted by ‘a’ (§160)).

By taking “ca”, sometimes, when the inflections ‘nā’ and ‘su’ follow, the end vowel of “maghava”, “yuva”, etc., is substituted by ‘ā’.

Example
  1. Maghavānā = maghava + nā (by “ca”, ‘a’ of “maghava” is substituted by ‘ā’ (§160)).

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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.