Kā ’ppatthesu ca

Also in the meanings of little, there is ‘kā’.

Kaccāyana 336
Rūpasiddhi 347
Saddanīti 720
Samāsa-Kappa · Sattama-Kaṇḍa

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336. 347. Kā ’ppatthesu ca (720)

[Kā + appa-atthesu + ca = 3 words]

Ku icc etassa kā hoti appatthesu ca.

Kālavaṇaṃ; kāpupphaṃ.

Bahuvacanaggahaṇaṃ kimatthaṃ? Ku icc etassa anappakatthesu pi kvaci kā hoti. Kāpurisā (Khu. ii, 157; PetavatthuA. 117).

Also in the meanings of little, there is ‘kā’.

Also in the meanings of little, there is ‘kā’ of ‘ku’.

Examples

Kālavaṇaṃ (little salt).
Kāpupphaṃ (little flower (few flowers)).

What is the purpose of taking “bahuvacana” (plural)? Sometimes, also in meanings other than little there is ‘kā’ of ‘ku’. Kāpurisā (bad men).

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