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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§268

Vantu-mantu-vīnañ ca lopo

And there is elision of “vantu”, “mantu” and “vī”.

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268. 397. Vantu-mantu-vīnañ ca lopo (518)

[Vantu-mantu-vīnaṃ + ca + lopo = 3 words]

Vantu mantu vī icc etesaṃ paccayānaṃ lopo hoti iya iṭṭha icc etesu paccayesu.

Guṇiyo, guṇiṭṭho, satiyo, satiṭṭho, medhiyo, medhiṭṭho.

And there is elision of “vantu”, “mantu” and “vī”.
When the suffixes ‘iya’ and ‘iṭṭha’ follow, the suffixes “vantu”, “mantu” and “vī” are elided.
Examples
  1. Guṇiyo = guṇavantu + iya + si (“vantu” is elided (§268); ‘a’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is substituted by ‘o’ (§104)).
  2. Guṇiṭṭho = guṇavantu + iṭṭha + si (“vantu” is elided (§268); ‘a’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is substituted by ‘o’ (§104)).
  3. Satiyo = satimantu + iya + si (“mantu” is elided (§268); ‘i’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is substituted by ‘o’ (§104)).
  4. Satiṭṭho = satimantu + iṭṭha + si (“mantu” is elided (§268); ‘i’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is substituted by ‘o’ (§104)).
  5. Medhiyo = medhāvī + iya + si (“vī” is elided (§268); ‘ā’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is substituted by ‘o’ (§104)).
  6. Medhiṭṭho = medhāvī + iṭṭha + si (“vī” is elided (§268); ‘ā’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is substituted by ‘o’ (§104)).

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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.