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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§509

Nāssa lopo yakārattaṃ

[There is] elision of ‘nā’ or the state of ‘ya’.

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509. 516. Nāssa lopo yakārattaṃ (1022)

[Nāssa + lopo + yakārattaṃ = 3 words]

Ñā icc etāya dhātuyā parassa nāpaccayassa lopo hoti vā, yakārattañ ca.

Jaññā (Khu. i, 37), nāyati.

Vā ti kimatthaṃ? Jānāti (M. i, 143).

[There is] elision of ‘nā’ or the state of ‘ya’.
There is elision of the suffix ‘nā’ that follows the root “ñā”, or it is changed to ‘ya’.
Examples
  1. Jaññā ([he] may know), nāyati ([he] knows).

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

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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.