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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§171

An’-imi nāmhi ca

And when ‘nā’ follows, [there are] ‘ana’ and ‘imi’.

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171. 219. An’-imi nāmhi ca (357)

[Ana-imi + nāmhi + ca = 3 words]

Imasaddassa sabbass’ eva ana imi icc ete ādesā honti nāmhi vibhattimhi.

Anena dhammadānena. Sukhitā hotu sā pajā. Iminā Buddhapūjena patvā amataṃ padaṃ.

Nāmhī ti kimatthaṃ? Imesu, imesaṃ, imehi, imebhi.

And when ‘nā’ follows, [there are] ‘ana’ and ‘imi’.
When the inflection ‘nā’ follows, the whole base “ima” is substituted by “ana” or “imi”.
Examples
  1. Anena = ima + nā (“ima” is substituted by “ana” (§171); ‘nā’ is substituted by ‘ena’ (§103); ‘a’ of “ana” is elided (§83)).
  2. Iminā = ima + nā (“ima” is substituted by “imi” (§171)).
Examples in context
  1. Anena dhammadānena. Sukhitā hotu sā pajā. (By this gift of the Dhamma, may that community [of beings] be happy.)
  2. Iminā Buddhapūjena patvā amataṃ padaṃ. (Having reached the deathless state [of Nibbāna] by means of this veneration of the Buddha.)

What is the purpose of saying “when ‘nā’ follows”? [This sutta does not apply when ‘nā’ does not follow, such as in:] Imesu, imesaṃ, imehi, imebhi.

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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.