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§373

Saṅkhyāpūraṇe mo

[There is] ‘ma’ in the ordinals.

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373. 406. Saṅkhyāpūraṇe mo (802)

[Saṅkhyāpūraṇe + mo = 2 words]

Saṅkhyāpūraṇatthe mapaccayo hoti.

Pañcannaṃ pūraṇo pañcamo (A. i, 9). Evaṃ sattamo (A. i, 12), aṭṭhamo (A. i, 14), navamo (A. i, 16), dasamo (A. i, 19).

[There is] ‘ma’ in the ordinals.
In the meaning of ordinal, there is the suffix ‘ma’.
Examples
  1. Pañcannaṃ pūraṇo: pañcamo (the completion of five: fifth).

Likewise:

  1. Sattannaṃ pūraṇo: sattamo (the completion of seven: seventh).
  2. Aṭṭhannaṃ pūraṇo: aṭṭhamo (the completion of eight: eighth).
  3. Navannaṃ pūraṇo: navamo (the completion of nine: ninth).
  4. Dasannaṃ pūraṇo: dasamo (the completion of ten: tenth).

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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.