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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§457

Bhūvādayo dhātavo

“Bhū” and others are roots.

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457. 424. Bhūvādayo dhātavo (938)

[Bhū-ādayo + dhātavo = 2 words]

Bhū icc evamādayo ye saddagaṇā, te dhātusaññā honti.

Bhavati (M. ii, 338), bhavanti (M. ii, 335), carati, caranti (M. i, 129), pacati, pacanti, cintayati, cintayanti, hoti (M. i, 10), honti (M. i, 10), gacchati (M. iii, 338), gacchanti (A. ii, 5).

“Bhū” and others are roots.
Those groups of words that begin with “bhū” are called “dhātu” (root).
Examples
  1. Bhavati, bhavanti ([he] is, [they] are).
  2. Carati, caranti ([he] walks, [they] walk).
  3. Pacati, pacanti ([he] cooks, [they] cook).
  4. Cintayati, cintayanti ([he] thinks, [they] think).
  5. Hoti, honti ([he] is, [they] are).
  6. Gacchati, gacchanti ([he] goes, [they] go).
Thus [ends] the second section in the verb chapter

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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.