Pāḷi Grammars
ES

Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§401

Mā y-ūnam āgamo ṭhāne

Let there be no [strengthening] of ‘i’ and ‘u’; in the [appropriate] place [there is] the insertion.

Text and translation

Read in the chapter →

401. 375. Mā y-ūnam āgamo ṭhāne (848)

[Mā + i-ū-naṃ + āgamo + ṭhāne = 4 words]

I u icc etesaṃ ādibhūtānaṃ mā vuddhi hoti, tesu ca e-ovuddhāgamo hoti ṭhāne.

Byākaraṇam adhīte veyyākaraṇiko (D. i, 82; DA. i, 220-Sad. sutta 850), nyāyam adhīte neyyāyiko, Byāvacchassa apaccaṃ Beyyāvaccho, dvāre niyutto dovāriko (A. ii, 481-Sad. sutta 854).

Let there be no [strengthening] of ‘i’ and ‘u’; in the [appropriate] place [there is] the insertion.
Let there be no strengthening of ‘i’ and ‘u’ when they are at the beginning; and in those [cases], in the appropriate place, there is the insertion of the strengthenings ‘e’ and ‘o’.
Examples
  1. Byākaraṇam adhīte veyyākaraṇiko (he studies grammar: a grammarian).
  2. Nyāyam adhīte neyyāyiko (he studies logic: a logician).
  3. Byāvacchassa apaccaṃ Beyyāvaccho (the offspring of Byāvaccha).
  4. Dvāre niyutto dovāriko (occupied at the door: a gatekeeper).

Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.

Drafts

Ask about §401

Questions are asked from the analysis following Visuddhāyuṃ (draft): the answer uses this sutta's row and the project's sources. It is for enrolled students and requires signing in.

Ask about §401 →

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.