Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8
Kvac’ ādivaṇṇānam ekassarānaṃ dvebhāvo
Sometimes there is reduplication of the beginning letters which have one vowel.
- Kaccāyana 458
- Rūpasiddhi 461
- Saddanīti 939
- Ākhyāta-Kappa · Tatiya-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →458. 461. Kvac’ ādivaṇṇānam ekassarānaṃ dvebhāvo (939)
Ādibhūtānaṃ vaṇṇānaṃ ekassarānaṃ kvaci dvebhāvo hoti.
Titikkhati, jigucchati, tikicchati, vīmaṃsati, bubhukkhati, pivāsati, daddallati, dadāti (Khu. i, 49), jahāti (Khu. vii, 96), caṅkamati (A. ii, 212).
Kvacī ti kimatthaṃ? Kampati, calati.
- Titikkhati ([he] endures), jigucchati ([he] is disgusted), tikicchati ([he] cures), vīmaṃsati ([he] investigates), bubhukkhati ([he] wishes to eat), pivāsati ([he] wishes to drink), daddallati ([he] shines brilliantly), dadāti ([he] gives), jahāti ([he] renounces), caṅkamati ([he] walks up and down).
What is the purpose of saying “kvaci” (sometimes)? To allow an exception to the rule such as in the following examples: kampati ([he] trembles), calati ([he] shakes).
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
Where it is cited
- The verb — ākhyāta §458
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