Kc 39`

[Kaccāyanabyākaraṇaṃ, Sandhikappa, Catutthakaṇḍa, Sutta 39]

39. 54. Byañjane ca (147).

Niggahitaṃ kho byañjane pare kvaci lopaṃ pappoti.

When a consonant follows, sometimes the niggahita comes to elision.

Ariyasaccāna' dassanaṃ (Khu. i, 4), etaṃ buddhāna' sāsanaṃ (Khu. i, 41).

Examples:
ariyasaccānadassanaṃ: ariyasaccānaṃ dassanaṃ; ariyasaccāna dassanaṃ (39);
     ariyasaccānadassanaṃ.
buddhānasāsanaṃ: buddhānaṃ sāsanaṃ; buddhāna sāsanaṃ (39);
     buddhānasāsanaṃ.

Kvacī ti kasmā? Etaṃ maṅgalam uttamaṃ (Khu. i, 3), taṃ vo vadāmi bhaddante
(Khu. v, 168).

Why say ‘sometimes’? To prevent the operation of this rule in the following:
Etaṃ maṅgalam uttamaṃ, taṃ vo vadāmi bhaddante.

Counter Examples:
etaṃ maṅgalam.
taṃ vo.

-- translation by Ven. U Nandisena, 2004

-- posted (with some minor editing) by Jim Anderson, 7 Octcber 2010
    (new moon, 18:44 GMT)