Si yo, aṃ yo, nā hi, sa naṃ, smā hi, sa naṃ, smiṃ su

‘Si, yo’, ‘aṃ, yo’, ‘nā, hi’, ‘sa, naṃ’, ‘smā, hi’, ‘sa, naṃ’, ‘smiṃ, su’.

Kaccāyana 55
Rūpasiddhi 63
Saddanīti 200
Nāma-Kappa · Paṭhama-Kaṇḍa

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55. 63. Si yo, aṃ yo, nā hi, sa naṃ, smā hi, sa naṃ, smiṃ su (200)

[Si yo, aṃ yo, nā hi, sa naṃ, smā hi, sa naṃ, smiṃ su = 1 word]

Kā ca pana tāyo vibhattiyo? Si, yo iti paṭhamā; aṃ, yo iti dutiyā; nā, hi iti tatiyā; sa, naṃ iti catutthī; smā, hi iti pañcamī; sa, naṃ iti chaṭṭhī; smiṃ, su iti sattamī.

Vibhatti icc anena kvattho? Amhassa mamaṃ savibhattissa se.

‘Si, yo’, ‘aṃ, yo’, ‘nā, hi’, ‘sa, naṃ’, ‘smā, hi’, ‘sa, naṃ’, ‘smiṃ, su’.

And which are those inflections? ‘Si, yo’ are the first [pair]; ‘aṃ, yo’ the second; ‘nā, hi’ the third; ‘sa, naṃ’ the fourth; ‘smā, hi’ the fifth; ‘sa, naṃ’ the sixth; ‘smiṃ, su’ the seventh.

What is the use of saying “inflection”? [To use it in suttas such as] “Amhassa mamaṃ savibhattissa se” (§120), etc. When ‘sa’ follows, “amha” together with the inflection [is substituted by] “mamaṃ”.

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