Eyyassa ñāto iyā-ñā

After “ñā”, [there are] ‘iyā’ and ‘ñā’ of ‘eyya’.

Kaccāyana 508
Rūpasiddhi 515
Saddanīti 1021
Ākhyāta-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa

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508. 515. Eyyassa ñāto iyā-ñā (1021)

[Eyyassa + ñāto + iyā-ñā = 3 words]

Eyyassa vibhattissa ñā icc etāya dhātuyā parassa iyā-ñāādesā honti vā.

Jāniyā, jaññā (Khu. i, 37).

Vā ti kimatthaṃ? Jāneyya (Khu. i, 401).

After “ñā”, [there are] ‘iyā’ and ‘ñā’ of ‘eyya’.

Optionally, after the root “ñā” there are the substitutions ‘iyā’ and ‘ñā’ of the following inflection ‘eyya’.

Examples

Jāniyā, jaññā ([he] may know).

What is the purpose of saying “vā” (optionally)? To allow an exception to this rule such as in the following example: jāneyya ([he] may know).

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