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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§398

Sabbanāmehi pakāravacane tu thā

But after the pronouns, [there is] ‘thā’ in the expression of manner.

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398. 421. Sabbanāmehi pakāravacane tu thā (844)

[Sabbanāmehi + pakāravacane + tu + thā = 4 words]

Sabbanāmehi pakāravacanatthe thāpaccayo hoti.

So pakāro tathā, taṃ pakāraṃ tathā, tena pakārena tathā, tassa pakārassa tathā, tasmā pakārā tathā, tassa pakārassa tathā, tasmiṃ pakāre tathā (M. i, 157; ii, 23). Evaṃ yathā (M. i, 157; ii, 23), sabbathā (M. ii, 27), aññathā (Vin. i, 116), itarathā (VinA. i, 230).

Tuggahaṇaṃ kimatthaṃ? Thatthā paccayo hoti. So pakāro tathatthā. Evaṃ yathatthā, sabbathatthā, aññathatthā, itarathatthā.

But after the pronouns, [there is] ‘thā’ in the expression of manner.
After the pronouns (sabbanāma), in the meaning of the expression of manner (pakāravacana), there is the suffix ‘thā’.
Examples
  1. So pakāro tathā (that manner: thus); taṃ pakāraṃ tathā (to that manner: thus); tena pakārena tathā (by that manner: thus); tassa pakārassa tathā (for that manner: thus); tasmā pakārā tathā (from that manner: thus); tassa pakārassa tathā (of that manner: thus); tasmiṃ pakāre tathā (in that manner: thus).

Likewise:

  1. yathā (as).
  2. sabbathā (in every manner).
  3. aññathā (in another manner).
  4. itarathā (in the other manner).

What is the purpose of taking ‘tu’? [To include] the suffix ‘thatthā’.

Examples
  1. So pakāro tathatthā (that manner). Likewise: yathatthā, sabbathatthā, aññathatthā, itarathatthā.

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