Byañjane ca

And when a consonant follows.

Kaccāyana 39
Rūpasiddhi 54
Saddanīti 147
Sandhi-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa

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39. 54. Byañjane ca (147)

[Byañjane + ca = 2 words]

Niggahitaṃ kho byañjane pare kvaci lopaṃ pappoti.

Ariyasaccāna’ dassanaṃ (Khu. i, 4), etaṃ buddhāna’ sāsanaṃ (Khu. i, 41).

Kvacī ti kasmā? Etaṃ maṅgalam uttamaṃ (Khu. i, 3), taṃ vo vadāmi bhaddante (Khu. v, 168).

And when a consonant follows.

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

Examples: “Ariyasaccāna’ dassanaṃ”, “etaṃ buddhāna’ sāsanaṃ”.

Examples [with formation sequence]

Ariyasaccāna’ dassanaṃ: ariyasaccānaṃ dassanaṃ; ariyasaccāna dassanaṃ (§39); ariyasaccānadassanaṃ (§11); ariyasaccāna’ dassanaṃ (ME).

Buddhāna’ sāsanaṃ: buddhānaṃ sāsanaṃ; buddhāna sāsanaṃ (§39); buddhānasāsanaṃ (§11); buddhāna’ sāsanaṃ (ME).

Why say “sometimes”? [To prevent the operation of this rule in the following examples] “Etaṃ maṅgalam uttamaṃ”, “taṃ vo vadāmi bhaddante”.

Counter-examples

Etaṃ maṅgalam. Here the rule does not apply.

Taṃ vo. Here the rule does not apply.

Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.

Where it is cited

Sandhi — interactive reference §39

Drafts

Classification of the sutta → draft
Analysis following Visuddhāyuṃ → draft

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