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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§226

Smiṃ ni

‘Smiṃ’ [becomes] ‘ni’.

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226. 154. Smiṃ ni (406)

[Smiṃ + ni = 2 words]

Tasmā jhato katarassā smiṃvacanassa ni-ādeso hoti.

Daṇḍini, bhogini.

Katarassā ti kimatthaṃ? Byādhimhi.

‘Smiṃ’ [becomes] ‘ni’.
After ‘jha’ that has been shortened, the inflection ‘smiṃ’ is substituted by ‘ni’.
Examples
  1. Daṇḍini = daṇḍī + smiṃ (‘ī’ is named ‘jha’ (§58); ‘ī’ is shortened (§84); ‘smiṃ’ is substituted by ‘ni’ (§226)).
  2. Bhogini = bhogī + smiṃ (‘ī’ is named ‘jha’ (§58); ‘ī’ is shortened (§84); ‘smiṃ’ is substituted by ‘ni’ (§226)).

What is the purpose of saying “that has been shortened”? [This sutta does not apply when it has not been shortened, such as in:] Byādhimhi.

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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.