Pāssa c’ anto rasso

And at the end of ‘pā’, [insertion of ‘g’,] short.

Kaccāyana 43
Rūpasiddhi 33
Saddanīti 54
Sandhi-Kappa · Pañcama-Kaṇḍa

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43. 33. Pāssa c’ anto rasso (54)

[Pā-ssa + ca + anto + rasso = 4 words]

Pā icc etassa ante sare pare kvaci (sometimes) gakārāgamo hoti, anto ca saro rasso hoti.

Pag eva (Khu. v, 111) vutyassa.

Kvacī ti kasmā? Pā eva (Vin. iv, 476) vutyassa.

And at the end of ‘pā’, [insertion of ‘g’,] short.

At the end of ‘pā’, when a vowel follows, sometimes there is the insertion of the letter ‘g’, and the end vowel becomes short.

Example: “Pag eva”.

Example [with formation sequence]

Pag eva: pā eva; pā g eva, pa g eva (§43); pageva (§11); pag eva (ME).

Why say “sometimes”? [To prevent the operation of this rule in the following example] “Pā eva”.

Counter-example

Pā eva. Here this rule does not apply.

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Where it is cited

Sandhi — interactive reference §43

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