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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§249

Tra-tha sattamiyā sabbanāmehi

After the pronouns, in the seventh, [there are] ‘tra’ and ‘tha’.

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249. 266. Tra-tha sattamiyā sabbanāmehi (494)

[Tra-tha + sattamiyā + sabbanāmehi = 3 words]

Tra tha icc ete paccayā honti sattamyatthe sabbanāmehi.

Sabbatra, sabbattha; yatra, yattha; tatra, tattha.

After the pronouns, in the seventh, [there are] ‘tra’ and ‘tha’.
After the pronouns, in the meaning of the seventh [inflection], there are the suffixes ‘tra’ and ‘tha’.
Examples
  1. Sabbatra = sabba + tra (‘tra’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection (§249)).
  2. Sabbattha = sabba + tha (‘tha’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection (§249); ‘t’ is doubled (§28)).
  3. Yatra = ya + tra (‘tra’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection (§249)).
  4. Yattha = ya + tha (‘tha’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection (§249); ‘t’ is doubled (§28)).
  5. Tatra = ta + tra (‘tra’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection (§249)).
  6. Tattha = ta + tha (‘tha’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection (§249); ‘t’ is doubled (§28)).

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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.