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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§513

O ava sare

When a vowel follows, [there is] ‘ava’ in place of ‘o’.

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513. 435. O ava sare (1027)

[O + ava + sare = 3 words]

Okārassa dhātvantassa sare pare avādeso hoti.

Cavati (Khu. vii, 92), bhavati (Khu. i, 67).

O ti kimatthaṃ? Jayati (Khu. v, 354).

When a vowel follows, [there is] ‘ava’ in place of ‘o’.
When a vowel follows, there is the substitution ‘ava’ of the letter ‘o’ which is the end of the root.
Examples
  1. Cavati ([he] falls away), bhavati ([he] is).

What is the purpose of saying “o”? To prevent the operation of this rule when there is not ‘o’ such as in the following example: jayati ([he] conquers).

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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.