Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8
Saralopo ’mādesa-paccayādimhi saralope tu pakati
When ‘aṃ’, a substitution, a suffix, etc., follow, [there is] elision of the vowel; when there is elision of the vowel, [the remaining vowel remains] natural.
- Kaccāyana 83
- Rūpasiddhi 67
- Saddanīti 236
- Nāma-Kappa · Paṭhama-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →83. 67. Saralopo ’mādesa-paccayādimhi saralope tu pakati (236)
Saralopo hoti amādesa-paccayādimhi, saralope tu pakati hoti.
Purisaṃ, purise, pāpaṃ, pāpe, pāpiyo, pāpiṭṭho.
Amādesapaccayādimhī ti kimatthaṃ? Appamādo amataṃ padaṃ (Khu. i, 16).
Saralope ti kimatthaṃ? Purisassa, daṇḍinaṃ.
Tuggahaṇam avadhāraṇatthaṃ? Bhikkhunī, gahapatānī.
Pakatiggahaṇasāmatthena puna sandhibhāvo ca hoti. Seyyo (Khu. i, 29); seṭṭho (Vin. i, 4); jeyyo; jeṭṭho (D. ii, 13).
- Purisaṃ = purisa + aṃ (because of ‘aṃ’, there is elision of the vowel ‘a’ of “purisa” (§83); ‘a’ of ‘aṃ’ does not change (§83)).
- Pāpiyo = pāpa + iya (‘a’ of “pāpa” is elided (§83); ‘i’ of ‘iya’ does not change (§83)).
What is the purpose of saying “when ‘aṃ’, a substitution, a suffix, etc., [follow]”? [This sutta does not apply when that does not happen, such as in] “Appamādo amataṃ padaṃ”.
What is the purpose of saying “when there is elision of the vowel”? [This sutta does not apply when there is no vowel to elide, such as in] purisassa, daṇḍinaṃ.
‘Tu’ is for preventing the operation of this rule in “bhikkhunī”, “gahapatānī”.
- Bhikkhunī = bhikkhu + inī (here ‘i’ of ‘inī’ is elided (§13)).
- Gahapatānī = gahapati + inī (‘i’ of ‘pati’ is substituted by ‘a’ (§91); ‘i’ of ‘inī’ is elided (§13); ‘a’ becomes ‘ā’ (§16)).
Taking again “pakati”, there is also sandhi: seyyo, seṭṭho, jeyyo, jeṭṭho.
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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