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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§475

Brū-bhūnam āha-bhūvā parokkhāyaṃ

In the “parokkhā”, [there are] ‘āha’ and ‘bhūva’ of “brū” and “bhū”.

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475. 465. Brū-bhūnam āha-bhūvā parokkhāyaṃ (956)

[Brū-bhūnaṃ + āha-bhūvā + parokkhāyaṃ = 3 words]

Brū bhū icc etesaṃ dhātūnaṃ āha bhūva icc ete ādesā honti yathāsaṅkhyaṃ parokkhāyaṃ vibhattiyaṃ.

Āha (M. i, 196), āhu (Khu. i, 260); babhūva, babhūvu.

Parokkhāyam iti kimatthaṃ? Abravuṃ (JA. v, 17).

In the “parokkhā”, [there are] ‘āha’ and ‘bhūva’ of “brū” and “bhū”.
The roots “brū” and “bhū” are substituted by ‘āha’ and ‘bhūva’ respectively when there is the inflection “parokkhā”.
Examples
  1. Āha ([he] said), āhu ([they] said); babhūva ([he] was), babhūvu ([they] were).

What is the purpose of saying “parokkhāyaṃ”? To prevent the operation of this rule when there is not the “parokkhā” such as in the following example: abravuṃ ([they] said).

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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.