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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 4 of 8

§340

Dhanumh’ ā ca

Also there is ‘ā’ after “dhanu”.

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340. 355. Dhanumh’ ā ca (732)

[Dhanumhā + ā + ca = 3 words]

Dhanumhā ca āpaccayo hoti samāsante.

Gāṇḍīvo dhanu yassa so ’yaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvā.

Also there is ‘ā’ after “dhanu”.
At the end of a compound, there is the suffix ‘ā’ after “dhanu”.
Examples
  1. Gāṇḍīvo dhanu yassa so ’yaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvā (the bow of that one is jointed; he is “gāṇḍīvadhanvā” [one who has a bow with many joints]).

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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.