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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§366

Daṇḍādito ika-ī

After “daṇḍa” (stick) and others, [there are] ‘ika’ and ‘ī’.

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366. 400. Daṇḍādito ika-ī (790)

[Daṇḍa-ādito + ika-ī = 2 words]

Daṇḍādito ika ī icc ete paccayā honti “tad ass’ atthi” icc etasmiṃ atthe.

Daṇḍo yassa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti daṇḍiko, daṇḍī. Evaṃ māliko, mālī.

After “daṇḍa” (stick) and others, [there are] ‘ika’ and ‘ī’.
After “daṇḍa” (stick) and others, there are the suffixes ‘ika’ and ‘ī’ in this meaning: “there is this of him”.
Examples
  1. Daṇḍo yassa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti daṇḍiko, daṇḍī (there is a stick of/in him, or [a stick] exists in him: one who has a stick).
  2. Likewise: mālā yassa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti māliko, mālī (there is a garland of/in him, or [a garland] exists in him: one who has a garland).

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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.