Ma-dā sare

When a vowel follows, ‘m’ and ‘d’.

Kaccāyana 34
Rūpasiddhi 52
Saddanīti 142-5
Sandhi-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa

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34. 52. Ma-dā sare (142-5)

[Ma-dā + sare = 2 words]

Niggahitassa kho sare pare makāra-dakārādesā honti vā.

Tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ (Khu. i, 68), etad avoca satthā (S. i, 222).

Vā ti kasmā? Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ (Khu. i, 13), ajini maṃ ahāsi me (Khu. i, 13).

When a vowel follows, ‘m’ and ‘d’.

When a vowel follows, optionally there is substitution of the niggahita by the letters ‘m’ and ‘d’.

Examples: “Tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ”, “etad avoca satthā”.

Examples [with formation sequence]

Tam ahaṃ: taṃ ahaṃ; tam ahaṃ (§34); tamahaṃ (§11); tam ahaṃ (ME).

Etad avoca: etaṃ avoca; etad avoca (§34); etadavoca (§11); etad avoca (ME).

Why say “optionally”? [To prevent the operation of this rule in the following examples] “Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ”, “ajini maṃ ahāsi me”.

Counter-examples

Maṃ avadhi. Here the niggahita is not changed to ‘m’.

Maṃ ahāsi. Here the niggahita is not changed to ‘m’.

Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.

Where it is cited

Sandhi — interactive reference §34

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