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ANUOGADDĀRĀIM
SUTTAS 227
Of the feminine (words, the examples are) : ending in a as mala; ending in 1 as sirt and lacchi; ending in U as jambū and vahů 1/22/1
Of the neuter (words, the examples are) : ending in an as dhannam; ending in im as acchim which is neuter; and ending in um as pilum and mahum //23//
This is the three-named.
227. Then what is four-named ?! The four-named (classification of objects) is stated as the four categories (of changes in words), viz.
(i) (made) by addition of a letter (agama); (ii) (made) by dropping a letter (lova); (iii) (made) by (preservation of the original form
payai, prakrti);
(iv) (made) by (radical) change of form (vigara). 228. Then what is (name made) by addition of a letter ? (The name made) by addition of a letter is (illustrated in the following): padmāni, payāmsi, and kundāni (in all these words the n-element is added).
This is the name made) by addition of a letter.
229. Then what is (the name made) by dropping a letter? (The name made) by dropping of a letter (is illustrated in the following): tetatra = te'tra, poto+atra=poto'tra, ghato+atra=ghato'tra, ratho + atra=ratho'tra.
This is (the name made) by dropping of a letter.
230. Then what is the name made) by (preservation of the) original form ? (The name made) by (preservation of the original form is (illustrated in the following) : agni + etau (= agni etau), patū+ imau (=pațū imau), sale +ete (=sale ete), and māle+ime (= male ime).
This is (the name made) by (preservation of the) original form.
231. Then what is the name made) by change of form ? (The name made) by change of form is (illustrated in the following) : dandasya+agram = dandāgram, så+ăgată=sā'gată, dadhi Fidam = dadhidam, nadı+ihate = nadihate, madhu + udakum=madhūdakam and bahutūhate= bahūhate.
This is the name made) by change of form. This is the four-named.
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1. Vide supra, sūtra No 208.
