Compounds as Commented Units

    1. When a compound is commented using iti, hutvā, bhūta, saṅkhāta, or eva, the ad- jectival (kammadhāraya) type is usually indicated. Ex. dhammañānanti dhammo iti ñānaṃ.
    1. When a single noun or a compound is commented by combining it with an inserted noun or nominal stem, one of the initial elision1, middle elision2, or final elision3 types is usually indicated.

Ex. dattoti devadatto (indicated as initial elision)

paṇītabhojananti paṇītasaṃsatthaṃ bhojanaṃ (indicated as middle elision)

rupanti rupabhavo (indicated as final elision)

    1. When a compound initiated by a prefix or an indeclinable, is commented by re- versing the positions of its members, the indeclinable type is usually indicated.

Ex. upanagaranti nagarasamīpaṃ (the stem samīpa represents the sense of the prefix upa)

adhogirīti girino adho

    1. When members of a compound are reversed positionally in its comment unit, it is indicated as either one of the irregular determinative (tappurisa) type, or of the relative (bahubbīhi) type, or of the adjectival (kammadhāraya) type with a modifier as the last member, or of the second negative type .

Ex. aggasamaṇoti samaṇānaṃ aggo (indicated as the irregular determinative type) saputtoti puttasahito (indicated as the relative type)

purisavisesoti viseso puriso (indicated as the adjectival type) acīvaroti cīvaravirahito (indicated as the second negative type)

    1. When two members of a compound are given in its comment unit as separate words with the same case, the adjectival (kammadhāraya) type is usually indicated. If one or more ca indeclinables are inserted IN ADDITION, the mutual (dvanda) type is usually in- dicated. OR, if both members are numerals and one or more vā indeclinables are inserted, the relative (bahubbīhi) type is usually indicated.

Ex. mahāpurisoti mahanto puriso (indicated as the adjectival type)

samaṇabrahmanāti samaṇā ca brahmaṇā ca (indicated as the mutual type)

dvttipattāti dve vā tayo vā pattā (indicated as the relative type)

  • 6 When two members of a compound are given in its comment unit as separate words with different cases, the determinative (tappurisa) type is usually indicated.

Ex. gāmagatoti gāmaṃ gato (indicated as the determinative type)

    1. When one of four pronouns ya, ta, eta, ima is inserted in the comment unit of a compound, the relative type is usually indicated.

Ex. chinnahatthenāti chinno hattho yassāti chinnahattho, tena (indicated as the relative type)

1 ādilopa 2 majjhelopa 3 antalopa