IIS 



GAP. — 2. 



Loka aggo ityasmin. 



" Pubbamadho thita massaran sayena wiyojaye" 'ti pubba 

 byanjanan sarato puthakka tabban. 



Here are [the words] Loka aggo. 

 It is proper first to cut off the consonant from the voweP 

 [according to the rule] " separate first the consonant below* 

 from the vowel/*' 



Sara sare lopan. 

 Anantare sare pare sara lopan papponti. 

 Vowels must be elided before any vowel. 



The vowels at the commencement become elided before* 

 the vowel at the end [of the combination.] 



"Naye paran yutte" 'ti assaro byanjano parakkharan netabbo 

 lokaggo. 



The vowelless consonant should be carried over to the 

 the second vowel [of the combination] [according to the 

 general rule] " carry over to the second [vowel] when, 

 proper, "f 



[Example] lokaggo. 



Saretyasmin opasilesikokasa sattami tato wanna kalawya. 

 wadhane kariyan na hoti — man ahasiti — pamadamanuyunjan- 

 tityadi gathayan jana appamadanticha. 



Here "Sare" is in the seventh case with the opasilesika 



* Sanskrit and Pali writings are-likened to trees : the beginning being 

 tbe roots, and the end the branches. The consonant ka is nearer the 

 commencement than its inherent vowel a, and ka is therefore called 

 "below." 



f The example given is loka -f aggo. According to the first part of 

 the rule (" Separate first the consonant below from the vowel") the 

 combination becomes lok + a + aggo The next rule is " vowels must 

 be elided before any vowel : the combination,' then becomes loka x aggo. 

 The last operation is to carry over the vowel-less consonant (k) to tlife 

 second vowel : the combination then becomes H lokaggo." 



