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§344

Vā ṇ’ apacce

Optionally, [there is] ‘ṇa’ in [the meaning of] offspring.

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344. 361. Vā ṇ’ apacce (752)

[Vā + ṇa + apacce = 3 words]

Ṇapaccayo hoti vā “tass’ āpaccam” icc etasmiṃ atthe.

Vasiṭṭhassa apaccaṃ Vāsiṭṭho (Vin. ii, 11; D. i, 225; iii, 66), Vasiṭṭhassa apaccaṃ vā. Vasiṭṭhassa apaccaṃ Vāsiṭṭhī. Vasiṭṭhassa apaccaṃ Vāsiṭṭhaṃ. Evaṃ Bhāradvājo (D. i, 225; M. i, 47; A. ii, 197), Bhāradvājī, Bhāradvājaṃ. Gotamo (Vin. i, 1), Gotamī (M. iii, 296; a. iii, 101), Gotamaṃ (D. i, 236). Vāsudevo (JA. iv, 81), Vāsudevī, Vāsudevaṃ. Bāladevo (JA. iv, 81), Bāladevī, Bāladevaṃ. Vesāmitto (D. i, 97; A. ii, 197), Vesamittī, Vesāmittaṃ.

Optionally, [there is] ‘ṇa’ in [the meaning of] offspring.
Optionally, there is the suffix ‘ṇa’ in this meaning: “the offspring of him (tass’ āpaccaṃ)”.
Examples
  1. Vasiṭṭhassa apaccaṃ (the offspring of Vasiṭṭha): Vāsiṭṭho, Vāsiṭṭhī, Vāsiṭṭhaṃ.

Likewise:

  1. Bharadvājassa apaccaṃ (the offspring of Bharadvāja): Bhāradvājo, Bhāradvājī, Bhāradvājaṃ.
  2. Gotamassa apaccaṃ (the offspring of Gotama): Gotamo, Gotamī, Gotamaṃ.
  3. Vasudevassa apaccaṃ (the offspring of Vasudeva): Vāsudevo, Vāsudevī, Vāsudevaṃ.
  4. Baladevassa apaccaṃ (the offspring of Baladeva): Bāladevo, Bāladevī, Bāladevaṃ.
  5. Visāmittassa apaccaṃ (the offspring of Visāmitta): Vesāmitto, Vesamittī, Vesāmittaṃ.

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