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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 4 of 8

§332

Kammadhārayasaññe ca

Also in an adjectival compound.

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332. 343. Kammadhārayasaññe ca (716)

[Kammadhārayasaññe + ca = 2 words]

Kammadhārayasaññe ca samāse itthiyaṃ tulyādhikaraṇe pade pubbe bhāsitapumitthī ce, pumā ’va daṭṭhabbā.

Brāhmaṇadārikā; khattiyakaññā (M. i, 122; A. i, 526); khattiyakumārikā (JA. i, 489).

Bhāsitapumeti kimatthaṃ? Khattiyabandhudārikā; brāhmaṇabandhudārikā.

Also in an adjectival compound.
Also when there is a word that has the same locus in the feminine in an adjectival compound, if the previous [word] is a feminine that indicated masculine [in the past], it should be regarded as masculine.
Examples
  1. Brāhmaṇadārikā (brahmin girl).
  2. Khattiyakaññā (noble girl).
  3. Khattiyakumārikā (noble maiden).

What is the purpose of saying “bhāsitapuma” (that indicated masculine)? To prevent the operation of this rule when it did not indicate masculine in the past, such as “khattiyabandhudārikā” (a girl that is a relative of a noble); “brāhmaṇabandhudārikā” (a girl that is a relative of a brahmin).

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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.