Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8
§245
Jha-la-pā rassaṃ
‘Jha’, ‘la’ and ‘pa’ [become] short.
- Kaccāyana 245
- Rūpasiddhi 152
- Saddanīti 477
- Nāma-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →245. 152. Jha-la-pā rassaṃ (477)
[Jha-la-pā + rassaṃ = 2 words]
Jha la pa icc ete rassam āpajjante ge pare.
Bho daṇḍi, bho sayambhu, bhoti itthi, bhoti vadhu.
‘Jha’, ‘la’ and ‘pa’ [become] short.
When ‘ga’ follows, ‘jha’, ‘la’ and ‘pa’ are shortened.
Examples
- Daṇḍi = daṇḍī + si (‘si’ is named ‘ga’ (§57); ‘ī’ is named ‘jha’ (§58); ‘ī’ is shortened (§245); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).
- Sayambhu = sayambhū + si (‘si’ is named ‘ga’ (§57); ‘ū’ is named ‘la’ (§58); ‘ū’ is shortened (§245); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).
- Itthi = itthī + si (‘si’ is named ‘ga’ (§57); ‘ī’ is named ‘pa’ (§59); ‘ī’ is shortened (§245); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).
- Vadhu = vadhū + si (‘si’ is named ‘ga’ (§57); ‘ū’ is named ‘pa’ (§59); ‘ū’ is shortened (§245); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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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.