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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§435

Āya nāmato kattūpamānā-d-ācāre

[There is] ‘āya’ after nouns in comparison as an agent and in [the meaning of] behaviour.

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435. 536. Āya nāmato kattūpamānā-d-ācāre (911)

[Āya + nāmato + kattu-upamānā + ācāre = 4 words]

Nāmato kattūpamānā ācāratthe āyapaccayo hoti.

Saṃgho pabbatam iva attānam ācarati = pabbatāyati. Taḷākaṃ samuddam iva attānam ācarati = samuddāyati. Saddo cicciṭam iva attānam ācarati = cicciṭāyati (Vin. iii, 320; S. i, 171). Evaṃ aññe pi yojetabbā.

[There is] ‘āya’ after nouns in comparison as an agent and in [the meaning of] behaviour.
After nouns there is the suffix ‘āya’ in comparison as an agent and in the meaning of behaviour.
Examples
  1. Saṃgho pabbatam iva attānam ācarati = pabbatāyati (the Saṃgha acts itself like a mountain: acts like a mountain).
  2. Taḷākaṃ samuddam iva attānam ācarati = samuddāyati (the lake acts itself like a sea: acts like a sea).
  3. Saddo cicciṭam iva attānam ācarati = cicciṭāyati (the sound acts itself like “ci-ci”: acts like “ci-ci”).

Thus also others should be formed.

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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.