Kc 14

[Kaccāyanabyākaraṇaṃ, Sandhikappo, Dutiyakaṇḍo, Sutta 14]

14. 16. Kvac' āsavaṇṇaṃ lutte (34).

Saro kho paro pubbasare lutte kvaci asavaṇṇaṃ pappoti.

When the previous vowel has been elided, the following vowel sometimes
becomes dissimilar.

Saṅkyaṃ n' opeti vedagū (S. 408), bandhuss' eva samāgamo.

Examples:

nopeti: na upeti; n a upeti (10); n upeti (12); n opeti (14); nopeti (11).

bandhusseva: bandhussa iva; bandhuss a iva (10); bandhuss iva (12); bandhuss
eva (14); bandusseva (11).

Kvacī ti kasmā? Yass' indriyāni (Khu. i, 27, 358), tathūpamaṃ dhammavaraṃ
adesayi (Khu. i, 7, 314).

Why say ‘sometimes? To prevent the operation of this rule in the following:
Yass' indriyāni, tathūpamaṃ dhammavaraṃ adesayi.

Counter examples:

yassindriyāni: yassa indriyāni; yass a indriyāni (10); yass indriyāni (12);
yassindriyāni (11).

tathūpamaṃ: tathā upamaṃ; tath ā upamaṃ (10); tath upamaṃ (12); tath ūpamaṃ
(15); tathūpamaṃ (11).

-- translation and notes by Ven. U Nandisena, 2004

-- posted (with some minor editing) by Jim Anderson, 6 April 2010 (last
quarter moon)