Jara-marānaṃ jīra-jiyya-miyyā vā

Optionally, [there are] ‘jīra’, ‘jiyya’ and ‘miyya’ of “jara” and “mara”.

Kaccāyana 505
Rūpasiddhi 482
Saddanīti 1018
Ākhyāta-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa

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505. 482. Jara-marānaṃ jīra-jiyya-miyyā vā (1018)

[Jara-marānaṃ + jīra-jiyya-miyyā + vā = 3 words]

Jara mara icc etesaṃ dhātūnaṃ jīra-jiyya-miyyādesā honti vā.

Jīrati (A. ii, 48), jīranti (Khu. i, 36); jiyyati (Khu. v, 397), jiyyanti; miyyati (Khu. i, 405), miyyanti (Khu. vi, 157); marati (Khu. vii, 92), maranti (DhA. i, 147).

Optionally, [there are] ‘jīra’, ‘jiyya’ and ‘miyya’ of “jara” and “mara”.

Optionally, there are the substitutions ‘jīra’, ‘jiyya’ and ‘miyya’ of the roots “jara” and “mara”.

Examples

Jīrati, jiyyati ([he] becomes old); jīranti, jiyyanti ([they] become old).
Miyyati, marati ([he] dies); miyyanti, maranti ([they] die).

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