Kvaci lopaṃ

Sometimes, elision.

Kaccāyana 38
Rūpasiddhi 53
Saddanīti 147
Sandhi-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa

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38. 53. Kvaci lopaṃ (147)

[Kvaci + lopaṃ = 2 words]

Niggahitaṃ kho sare pare kvaci lopaṃ pappoti.

Tāsāhaṃ santike (Vin. ii, 303), vidūn' aggam iti.

Kvacī ti kasmā? Aham eva nūna bālo etam atthaṃ viditvāna (Vin. iii, 2).

Sometimes, elision.

When a vowel follows, sometimes the niggahita comes to elision.

Examples: “Tāsāhaṃ santike”, “vidūn’ aggam iti”.

Examples [with formation sequence]

Tāsāhaṃ: tāsaṃ ahaṃ; tāsa ahaṃ (§38); tās a ahaṃ (§10); tās ahaṃ (§12); tās āhaṃ (§15); tāsāhaṃ (§11).

Vidūn’ aggaṃ: vidūnaṃ aggaṃ; vidūna aggaṃ (§38); vidūn a aggaṃ (§10); vidūn aggaṃ (§12); vidūnaggaṃ (§11); vidūnaggaṃ (ME).

Why say “sometimes”? [To prevent the operation of this rule in the following example] “Aham eva nūna bālo etam atthaṃ viditvāna”.

Counter-examples

Aham eva.

Etam atthaṃ.

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Where it is cited

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