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Take as examples tatra ayan, yani idha, bahu upakaran 

 saddha idha, tatha upaman. 



Long. 



After the elision of the vowel the second vowel is sometime* 

 changed into the proximate long vowel : thus tatrayan, yanidha, 

 bahupakaran saddhidha, tathupaman. 



Kinsu idhetyatra. 



Pubbo cha. 



Sare lutte pubbo cha kwachi dighan yati. Kinsudha. 

 Take as an example kinsu idha. 

 And the first. 



After the elision of the vowel the first vowel also becomes 

 long at option : [thus] kinsudha, 

 Te ajja te ahan tettha. 

 Yamedantassadeso. 



Sare pare antassa ekarassa kwachi yo adeso hoti — tyajja. 

 " Dighan"! 'ti byanjane pare kwachi digho — tyahan. 

 Kwachiti kin, nettha, 

 Take as examples te ajja, te ahan. 

 Ya is substituted for the preceding e« 



When there is a vowel in the second place for the preceding 

 vowel e, sometimes ya # is substituted : [thus] tyajja. 



According to the rule ' ■ Long,' ' before a consonant the vowel 

 sometimes becomes long : [thus] tyahan. 

 + Why " sometimes" ? [because of J nettha. 

 So assa anu etityattha. 

 Wamodudantanan. 

 Sare pare antokarukaranan kwachi wo adeso hoti. 

 Swassa anweti — kwachiti kin, tayassu sametayasma. 



* The elided vowel is in this case the second vowel of the combi- 

 nation. 



f Vide Kachchayana " sarakhd byanjane pare kwachi dighan 

 papponti." 



% Nettha is the result of the combination of the words ne + ettha, 



