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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 4 of 8

§320

So napuṃsakaliṅgo

It has the neuter gender.

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320. 335. So napuṃsakaliṅgo (698)

[So + napuṃsakaliṅgo = 2 words]

So abyayībhāvasamāso napuṃsakaliṅgo ’va daṭṭhabbo.

Kumārīsu adhikicca pavattati kathā iti adhikumāri; vadhuyā samīpe pavattati kathā iti upavadhu; gaṅgāya samīpe pavattati kathā iti upagaṅgaṃ; maṇikāya samīpe pavattati kathā iti upamaṇikaṃ.

It has the neuter gender.
That adverbial compound should be regarded as [belonging] to the neuter gender.
Examples
  1. Kumārīsu adhikicca pavattati kathā iti adhikumāri (the talk that arises referring to maidens).
  2. Vadhuyā samīpe pavattati kathā iti upavadhu (the talk that arises near the daughter-in-law).
  3. Gaṅgāya samīpe pavattati kathā iti upagaṅgaṃ (the talk that arises near the Ganges).
  4. Maṇikāya samīpe pavattati kathā iti upamaṇikaṃ (the talk that arises near the big vessel).

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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.