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§24

Sare kvaci

Sometimes, when a vowel follows.

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24. 35. Sare kvaci (63)

[Sare + kvaci = 2 words]

Sarā kho sare pare kvaci (sometimes) pakatirūpāni honti.

Ko imaṃ pathaviṃ vicessati (Khu. i, 19).

Kvacī ti kasmā? Appassut’ āyaṃ puriso (Khu. i, 36).

Sometimes, when a vowel follows.
When a vowel follows, sometimes vowels retain their original forms.
Example: “Ko imaṃ pathaviṃ vicessati”.

“Ko imaṃ.” Here the ‘o’ of “ko” remains unchanged when followed by a vowel.

Why say “sometimes”? [To prevent the operation of this rule in the following example] “Appassut’ āyaṃ puriso”.

Counter-example
Appassut’ āyaṃ
Sequence
  1. appassuto ayaṃ
  2. appassut o ayaṃ (§10)
  3. appassut ayaṃ (§12)
  4. appassut āyaṃ (§15)
  5. appassutāyaṃ (§11)
  6. appassut’ āyaṃ (ME)

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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.