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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§65

Tato sassa ssāya

After ‘tā’, ‘ssāya’ of ‘sa’.

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65. 215. Tato sassa ssāya (212)

[Tato + sassa + ssāya = 3 words]

Tato tā-etā-imāto sassa vibhattissa ssāyādeso hoti vā.

Tissāya, etissāya, imissāya.

Vā ti kimatthaṃ? Tissā, etissā, imissā.

After ‘tā’, ‘ssāya’ of ‘sa’.
Optionally, after “tā”, “etā” and “imā”, the inflection ‘sa’ is substituted by ‘ssāya’.
Examples
  1. Tissāya = tā + sa (‘ā’ of “tā” is substituted by ‘i’ (§64); ‘sa’ is substituted by ‘ssāya’ (§65)).
  2. Etissāya = etā + sa (‘ā’ of “etā” is substituted by ‘i’ (§63); ‘sa’ is substituted by ‘ssāya’ (§65)).
  3. Imissāya = imā + sa (‘ā’ of “imā” is substituted by ‘i’ (§63); ‘sa’ is substituted by ‘ssāya’ (§65)).

What is the purpose of saying “optionally”? [In the following examples ‘sa’ is not substituted by ‘ssāya’:] tissā, etissā, imissā.

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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.