Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8
§496
Simhi ca
And when ‘si’ follows.
- Kaccāyana 496
- Rūpasiddhi 497
- Saddanīti 992
- Ākhyāta-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →496. 497. Simhi ca (992)
[Simhi + ca = 2 words]
Asass’ eva dhātussa simhi vibhattimhi antassa lopo ca hoti.
Ko nu tvam asi (S. i, 104) mārisa?
And when ‘si’ follows.
When the inflection ‘si’ follows, there is elision of the end [consonant] of the root “asa”.
Examples
- Ko nu tvam asi mārisa? (who are you, Sir?).
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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