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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§399

Kim-imehi thaṃ

After “kim” and “ima”, [there is] ‘thaṃ’.

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399. 422. Kim-imehi thaṃ (845)

[Kiṃ-imehi + thaṃ = 2 words]

Kiṃ ima icc etehi thaṃpaccayo hoti pakāravacanatthe.

Ko pakāro kathaṃ (Khu. vi, 149), kaṃ pakāraṃ kathaṃ, kena pakārena kathaṃ, kassa pakārassa kathaṃ, kasmā pakārā kathaṃ, kassa pakārassa kathaṃ, kasmiṃ pakāre kathaṃ (Khu. vi, 149). Ayaṃ pakāro itthaṃ (D. i, 31), imaṃ pakāraṃ itthaṃ, iminā pakārena itthaṃ, imassa pakārassa itthaṃ, imasmā pakārā itthaṃ, imassa pakārassa itthaṃ, imasmiṃ pakāre itthaṃ (D. i, 31).

After “kim” and “ima”, [there is] ‘thaṃ’.
In the meaning of the expression of manner, after “kim” (what) and “ima” (this), there is the suffix ‘thaṃ’.
Examples
  1. Ko pakāro kathaṃ (what manner?: how?); kaṃ pakāraṃ kathaṃ (what manner?: how?); kena pakārena kathaṃ (by what manner?: how?); kassa pakārassa kathaṃ (for what manner?: how?); kasmā pakārā kathaṃ (from what manner?: how?); kassa pakārassa kathaṃ (of what manner?: how?); kasmiṃ pakāre kathaṃ (in what manner?: how?).
  2. Ayaṃ pakāro itthaṃ (this manner: in this manner); imaṃ pakāraṃ itthaṃ; iminā pakārena itthaṃ; imassa pakārassa itthaṃ; imasmā pakārā itthaṃ; imassa pakārassa itthaṃ; imasmiṃ pakāre itthaṃ.

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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.