Kc 27

[Kaccāyanabyākaraṇaṃ, Sandhikappa, Tatiyakaṇḍa, Sutta 27]

27. 39. Lopañ ca tatrākāro (66, 163-4).

Sarā kho byañjane pare kvaci lopaṃ papponti, tatra ca lope kate akārāgamo
hoti.

When a consonant follows, vowels sometimes are elided, and there, at the
place of the elision, the letter ‘a’ is inserted.

Sa sīlavā (Khu. i, 25), sa paññavā ((Khu. i, 25), esa dhammo sanantano (Khu.
i, 14), sa ve kasāvam arahati (Khu. i, 14), sa mānakāmo pi bhaveyya, sa ve
muni jātibhayaṃ adassi.

Examples:

sa sīlavā: so sīlavā; s o sīlavā (10); s sīlavā (27); s a sīlavā (27); sa
     sīlavā (11).
sa paññavā: so paññavā; s o paññavā (10); s paññavā (27); s a paññavā (27);
     sa paññavā (11).
esa dhammo: eso dhammo; es o dhammo (10); es dhammo (27); es a dhammo (27);
     esa dhammo (11).
sa ve: so ve: s o ve (10); s ve (27); s a ve (27); sa ve (11).
sa mānakāmo: so mānakāmo; s o mānakāmo (10); s mānakāmo (27); s a mānakāmo
     (27); sa mānakāmo (11).
sa ve. Same as 4.

Kvacī ti kasmā? So muni (Khu. i, 52), eso dhammo padissati, na so kāsāvam
arahati (Khu. i, 14).

Why say ‘sometimes’? To prevent the operation of this rule in the following:
So muni, eso dhammo padissati, na so kāsāvam arahati.

Counter Examples:

so muni. Here and in the other counter examples there is no change.
eso dhammo.
so kāsāvam.

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

-- posted (with some minor editing) by Jim Anderson, 11 July 2010 (new moon)