Hi lopaṃ vā

Optionally, ‘hi’ is elided.

Kaccāyana 479
Rūpasiddhi 452
Saddanīti 960
Ākhyāta-Kappa · Tatiya-Kaṇḍa

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479. 452. Hi lopaṃ vā (960)

[Hi + lopaṃ + vā = 3 words]

Hivibhatti lopam āpajjate vā.

Gaccha, gacchāhi; gama, gamāhi; gamaya, gamayāhi.

Hī ti kimatthaṃ? Gacchati, gamayati.

Optionally, ‘hi’ is elided.

Optionally, the inflection ‘hi’ is elided.

Examples

Gaccha, gacchāhi; gama, gamāhi (you go); gamaya, gamayāhi (you cause to go).

What is the purpose of saying “hi”? To prevent the operation of this rule when there is not ‘hi’ such as in the following examples: gacchati ([he] goes), gamayati ([he] causes to go).

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