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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§465

Antass’ ivaṇṇākāro vā

Optionally, [there is] ‘i’, ‘ī’ or the letter ‘a’ in place of the end.

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465. 463. Antass’ ivaṇṇākāro vā (946)

[Antassa + ivaṇṇa-akāro + vā = 3 words]

Abbhāsassa antassa ivaṇṇo hoti, akāro vā.

Jigucchati (M. ii, 87), pivāsati, vīmaṃsati, jighacchati (Khu. i, 43), babhūva, dadhāti.

Vā ti kimatthaṃ? Bubhukkhati.

Optionally, [there is] ‘i’, ‘ī’ or the letter ‘a’ in place of the end.
Optionally, there is ‘i’, ‘ī’ or the letter ‘a’ in place of the end of the previous syllable (abbhāsa).
Examples
  1. Jigucchati ([he] reproaches), pivāsati ([he] wishes to drink), vīmaṃsati ([he] investigates), jighacchati ([he] wishes to eat), babhūva ([he] became), dadhāti ([he] holds).

What is the purpose of saying “vā” (optionally)? To allow an exception to the rule such as in the following example: bubhukkhati ([he] wishes to eat).

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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.