A dhunāmhi ca

And when ‘dhunā’ follows, [there is] ‘a’.

Kaccāyana 235
Rūpasiddhi 281
Saddanīti 464
Nāma-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa

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235. 281. A dhunāmhi ca (464)

[A + dhunāmhi + ca = 3 words]

Imasaddassa sabbass’ eva akāro hoti dhunāmhi paccaye pare.

Adhunā.

Caggahaṇam avadhāraṇatthaṃ.

And when ‘dhunā’ follows, [there is] ‘a’.

When the suffix ‘dhunā’ follows, the whole word “ima” becomes ‘a’.

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Adhunā = ima + dhunā (“ima” is substituted by ‘a’ (§235)).

The taking of “ca” is for restricting [the scope of this sutta].

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