Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 1 of 8
Byañjano ca visaññogo
And the consonant, single.
- Kaccāyana 41
- Rūpasiddhi 56
- Saddanīti 135-6, 149
- Sandhi-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →41. 56. Byañjano ca visaññogo (135-6, 149)
Niggahitamhā parasmiṃ sare lutte yadi byañjano sasaññogo visaññogo hoti.
Evaṃ ’sa te āsavā (M. i, 13), pupphaṃ ’sā uppajji (Vin. i, 21).
Lutte ti kasmā? Evam assa (Vin. i, 265), vidūn' aggam iti.
Caggahaṇena tiṇṇaṃ byañjanānam antare ye sarūpā, tesam pi lopo hoti. Agyāgāraṃ (Vin. ii, 145); paṭisanthāravuty assa (Khu. i, 67).
Evaṃ ’sa: evaṃ assa; evaṃ ssa (§40); evaṃ sa (§41); evaṃsa (§11); evaṃ ’sa (ME).
Pupphaṃ ’sā: pupphaṃ assā; pupphaṃ ssā (§40); pupphaṃ sā (§41); pupphaṃsā (§11); pupphaṃ ’sā (ME).
Why say “when [the vowel] has been elided” (lutte)? [To prevent the operation of this rule in the following examples] “Evam assa”, “vidūn’ aggam iti”.
Evam assa. Here and in the following example there is no elision of the vowel that follows the niggahita. Since there is no elision of the ‘a’s of “assa” and “aggaṃ”, the conjunct consonants ‘ss’ and ‘gg’ do not become single consonants, ‘s’ and ‘g’.
Vidūn’ aggam.
Extension by “ca” (accumulating): By taking “ca”, when there are three consonants, there is also elision of (the beginning consonant of) those consonants that are similar.
Agyāgāraṃ: aggi āgāraṃ; aggy āgāraṃ (§21); agy āgāraṃ (“ca” of §41); agyāgāraṃ (§11).
Paṭisanthāravuty assa: paṭisanthāravutti assa; paṭisanthāravutty assa (§21); paṭisanthāravuty assa (“ca” of §41); paṭisanthāravutyassa (§11); paṭisanthāravuty assa (ME).
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
Where it is cited
- Nāma-Kappa §71 Ya-vakārā ca
- Sandhi — interactive reference §41
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