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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§197

Brahmato tu smiṃ ni

After “brahma”, ‘smiṃ’ [is substituted by] ‘ni’.

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197. 125. Brahmato tu smiṃ ni (405)

[Brahmato + tu + smiṃ + ni = 4 words]

Tasmā brahmato smiṃvacanassa ni-ādeso hoti.

Brahmani.

Tuggahaṇena abrahmato pi smiṃvacanassa ni hoti. Kammani, cammani, muddhani.

After “brahma”, ‘smiṃ’ [is substituted by] ‘ni’.
After “brahma”, the inflection ‘smiṃ’ is substituted by ‘ni’.
Examples
  1. Brahmani = brahma + smiṃ (‘smiṃ’ is substituted by ‘ni’ (§197)).

By taking “tu”, also after words other than “brahma”, the inflection ‘smiṃ’ becomes ‘ni’.

Examples
  1. Kammani = kamma + smiṃ (‘smiṃ’ is substituted by ‘ni’ (“tu” in §197)).
  2. Cammani = camma + smiṃ (‘smiṃ’ is substituted by ‘ni’ (“tu” in §197)).
  3. Muddhani = muddha + smiṃ (‘smiṃ’ is substituted by ‘ni’ (“tu” in §197)).

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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.