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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§502

Yamhi dā-dhā-mā-ṭhā-hā-pā-maha-mathādīnam ī

When ‘ya’ follows, [there is] ‘ī’ of “dā”, “dhā”, “mā”, “ṭhā”, “hā”, “pā”, “maha” and “matha”.

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502. 493. Yamhi dā-dhā-mā-ṭhā-hā-pā-maha-mathādīnam ī (1014)

[Yamhi + dā-dhā-mā-ṭhā-hā-pā-maha-matha-ādīnaṃ + ī = 3 words]

Yamhi paccaye pare dā dhā mā ṭhā hā pā maha matha icc evamādīnaṃ dhātūnaṃ anto īkāram āpajjate.

Dīyati (JA. iv, 147), dhīyati, mīyati (A. i, 356), ṭhīyati, hīyati, pīyati, mahīyati, mathīyati.

When ‘ya’ follows, [there is] ‘ī’ of “dā”, “dhā”, “mā”, “ṭhā”, “hā”, “pā”, “maha” and “matha”.
When the suffix ‘ya’ follows, the end [vowel] of the roots “dā”, “dhā”, “mā”, “ṭhā”, “hā”, “pā”, “maha” and “matha” and others becomes the letter ‘ī’.
Examples
  1. Dīyati (it is given), dhīyati (it is contained), mīyati (it is measured), ṭhīyati (one stands), hīyati (it is abandoned), pīyati (it is drunk), mahīyati (it is honored), mathīyati (it is churned).

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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.