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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§354

Samūhatthe kaṇ-ṇā

In the meaning of aggregation, [there are] ‘kaṇ’ and ‘ṇa’.

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354. 379. Samūhatthe kaṇ-ṇā (770)

[Samūhatthe + kaṇ-ṇā = 2 words]

Samūhatthe kaṇ-ṇa icc ete paccayā honti.

Rājaputtānaṃ samūho rājaputtako. Evaṃ rājaputto, mānussako, mānusso, māyūrako, māyūro, māhiṃsako, māhiṃso.

In the meaning of aggregation, [there are] ‘kaṇ’ and ‘ṇa’.
In the meaning of aggregation (samūha), there are the suffixes ‘kaṇ’ and ‘ṇa’.
Examples
  1. Rājaputtānaṃ samūho rājaputtako, rājaputto (an aggregation of princes).

Likewise:

  1. mānussako, mānusso (an aggregation of humans).
  2. māyūrako, māyūro (an aggregation of peacocks).
  3. māhiṃsako, māhiṃso (an aggregation of buffaloes).

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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.