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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§247

Tvādayo vibhattisaññāyo

Those beginning with ‘to’ are named “inflections”.

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247. 261. Tvādayo vibhattisaññāyo (492)

[To-ādayo + vibhattisaññāyo = 2 words]

To ādi yesaṃ paccayānaṃ, te honti tvādayo. Te paccayā tvādayo vibhattisaññā ’va daṭṭhabbā.

Sabbato, yato, tato, kuto, ato, ito, sabbadā, yadā, tadā, kadā, idha, idāni.

Those beginning with ‘to’ are named “inflections”.
The suffixes beginning with ‘to’ are [called] ‘tvādi’. These suffixes ‘tvādi’ are to be regarded as “inflections”.
Examples
  1. Sabbato = sabba + to.
  2. Yato = ya + to.
  3. Tato = ta + to.
  4. Kuto = kiṃ + to (“kiṃ” is substituted by “ku” (§230)).
  5. Ato = eta + to (“eta” is substituted by ‘a’ (§231)).
  6. Ito = ima + to (“ima” is substituted by ‘i’ (§234)).
  7. Sabbadā = sabba + dā.
  8. Yadā = ya + dā.
  9. Tadā = ta + dā.
  10. Kadā = kiṃ + dā (“kiṃ” is substituted by “ka” (“ca” of §227)).
  11. Idha = ima + dha (“ima” is substituted by ‘i’ (§234)).
  12. Idāni = ima + dāni (“ima” is substituted by ‘i’ (§234)).

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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.