Sare an

When a vowel follows, there is ‘an’.

Kaccāyana 334
Rūpasiddhi 345
Saddanīti 718
Samāsa-Kappa · Sattama-Kaṇḍa

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334. 345. Sare an (718)

[Sare + an = 2 words]

Nassa padassa tappurise anādeso hoti sare pare.

Na asso anasso; anissaro (VinA. i, 339); anariyo (Vin. iii, 14).

When a vowel follows, there is ‘an’.

When a vowel follows in a determinative compound, the word “na” is substituted by ‘an’.

Examples

Na asso anasso (not a horse, a mule).
Na issaro anissaro (not a creator).
Na ariyo anariyo (not a noble one).

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