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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§397

Vibhāge dhā ca

And [there is] ‘dhā’ in division.

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397. 420. Vibhāge dhā ca (836)

[Vibhāge + dhā + ca = 3 words]

Vibhāgatthe ca dhāpaccayo hoti.

Ekena vibhāgena ekadhā. Evaṃ dvidhā (Khu. vii, 179), tidhā (DhA. i, 171), catudhā (D. iii, 153), pañcadhā (AbhA. i, 385), chadhā.

Ceti kimatthaṃ? Sopaccayo hoti. Suttaso (A. ii, 207), byañjanaso (A. i, 479), padaso (Vin. ii, 25).

And [there is] ‘dhā’ in division.
And in the meaning of division (vibhāga), there is the suffix ‘dhā’.
Examples
  1. Ekena vibhāgena ekadhā (division by one: in one way).

Likewise:

  1. Dvīhi vibhāgena dvidhā (division by two: in two ways).
  2. Tīhi vibhāgena tidhā (division by three: in three ways).
  3. Catūhi vibhāgena catudhā (division by four: in four ways).
  4. Pañcahi vibhāgena pañcadhā (division by five: in five ways).
  5. Chahi vibhāgena chadhā (division by six: in six ways).

What is the purpose of saying “ca”? [To include that also] there is the suffix ‘so’.

Examples
  1. Suttaso (by sutta), byañjanaso (by letter), padaso (by word).

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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.