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§396

Tesaṃ ṇo lopaṃ

The ‘ṇ’ of those is elided.

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396. 363. Tesaṃ ṇo lopaṃ (834)

[Tesaṃ + ṇo + lopaṃ = 3 words]

Tesaṃ paccayānaṃ ṇo lopam apajjate.

Gotamassa apaccaṃ Gotamo (Vin. i, 1). Evaṃ Vāsiṭṭho (D. i, 225), Venateyyo (Khu. v, 204), ālasyaṃ (A. iii, 364), ārogyaṃ (D. i, 69).

The ‘ṇ’ of those is elided.
The ‘ṇ’ of those suffixes is elided.
Examples
  1. Gotamassa apaccaṃ Gotamo (the offspring of Gotama).

Likewise:

  1. Vāsiṭṭho (the offspring of Vasiṭṭha).
  2. Venateyyo (the offspring of Vinatā).
  3. ālasyaṃ (laziness).
  4. ārogyaṃ (health).

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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.