Kaccāyanabyākaraṇaṃ
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa
Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One.
Mahākaccāyanasaddāpāṭha
The text of Mahākaccāyana’s words.
Types of rules (sutta)
The text of Kaccāyana consists of a number of rules (sutta) divided into chapters (kappa). Rules are classified into the following:
saññā(technical term)anvattha(meaningful) anvattharūḷhī(artificial) rūḷhī
adhikāra(domain)sīhagatika(comprehensive) sīhagatikamaṇḍūkagatika(selective) maṇḍūkagatikayathānupubbika(progressive) yathānupubbika
paribhāsā(metarule)saññaṅga(definition metarule) saññaṅgavidhyaṅga(operational metarule) vidhyaṅgaaññaṅga(other metarule) aññaṅga
vidhi(operation)utsarga(general rule) utsargaapavāda(exception) apavāda
Table of Contents
1. Sandhikappa (`sandhi` chapter) `sandhi` is derived from `saṃ` + `dhā` meaning “putting together” and is used to refer to the transformation that result from the joining together of two words (or two parts of a word) for the sake of euphony.
2. Nāmakappa (Noun chapter) nāma` means "name" and in this text it is used to refer to "nouns". This chapter talks about the different types of nouns and how they are inflected to form words that are used in sentences.