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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§450

Gahādito ppa-ṇhā

After “gaha” and others, [there are] ‘ppa’ and ‘ṇhā’.

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450. 517. Gahādito ppa-ṇhā (931)

[Gaha-ādito + ppa-ṇhā = 2 words]

Gaha icc evamādito dhātugaṇato ppa ṇhā icc ete paccayā honti kattari.

Gheppati, gaṇhāti (VinA. i, 20).

After “gaha” and others, [there are] ‘ppa’ and ‘ṇhā’.
After the group of roots that begin with “gaha”, there are the suffixes ‘ppa’ and ‘ṇhā’ in the active voice.
  1. Gheppati, gaṇhāti ([he] takes).
  1. gaha (§457)
  2. gaha + ti (§414)
  3. gaha + ṇhā + ti (§450)
  4. ga + ṇhā + ti (§490)
  5. gaṇhāti (§11)

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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.