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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§365

Tapādito sī

After “tapa” (austerity) and others, [there is] ‘sī’.

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365. 399. Tapādito sī (789)

[Tapa-ādito + sī = 2 words]

Tapādito sīpaccayo hoti “tad ass’ atthi” icc etasmiṃ atthe.

Tapo yassa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti tapassī (Vin. i, 3). Evaṃ yasassī (D. i, 45), tejassī (Khu. v, 73).

After “tapa” (austerity) and others, [there is] ‘sī’.
After “tapa” (austerity) and others, there is the suffix ‘sī’ in this meaning: “there is this of him”.
Examples
  1. Tapo yassa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti tapassī (there is austerity of/in him, or [austerity] exists in him: an ascetic).

Likewise:

  1. Yaso yassa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti yasassī (there is fame of/in him, or [fame] exists in him: a famous one).
  2. Tejo yassa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti tejassī (there is power of/in him, or [power] exists in him: a powerful one).

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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.