Āyuss’ ukār’ āsa mantumhi

When ‘mantu’ follows, [there is] ‘asa’ of the ‘u’ of “āyu”.

Kaccāyana 371
Rūpasiddhi 404
Saddanīti 797
Taddhita-Kappa · Aṭṭhama-Kaṇḍa

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371. 404. Āyuss’ ukār’ āsa mantumhi (797)

[Āyussa + u-kāro + asa + mantumhi = 4 words]

Āyussa anto ukāro asādeso hoti mantumhi paccaye pare.

Āyu assa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti āyasmā (A. i, 361).

When ‘mantu’ follows, [there is] ‘asa’ of the ‘u’ of “āyu”.

When the suffix ‘mantu’ follows, the final ‘u’ of “āyu” is substituted by ‘asa’.

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Āyu assa atthi, tasmiṃ vā vijjatī ti āyasmā (there is [long] life of/in him, or [life] exists in him: one who has long life).

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