Niruttidīpaṇī (“the lamp of etymology”) — written as a commentary for Moggallānabyākaraṇa, by Ledi Sayadaw. This page is the overview of Part I; the full notes are on the section pages, and all vocabulary on the Part I Vocabulary page.

Contents of Part I

• Saññārāsi 1 — Garusaññārāsi (suttas 1–8)
• Saññārāsi 2 — Byañjanavuttirāsi & Lahusaññārāsi (suttas 9–12)
• Saṅketarāsi (suttas 13–25)
• Sandhividhāna 1 — the 8 sandhis & Saralopa (suttas 26–29)
• Sandhividhāna 2 — Byañjanalopa & Bindulopa (suttas 30–31)

Ganthārambha (opening verses)

• caturāsītisahassa, dhammakkhandhāpabhaṅkarā (subject)
  lokamhi yassa (ya) jotanti, nantavaṇṇapabhassarā.
• vocab: see the Part I Vocabulary page
• anantavaṇṇaṃ (taṁ) sambuddhaṃ, vande niruttipāraguṃ saddhammañcassa saṅghañca, visuddhavaṇṇabhājanaṃ (adjective for saddhammaṁ and saṅghaṁ)
• vocab: see the Part I Vocabulary page
• moggallāno mahāñāṇī, niruttāraññakesarī
  nadi byākaraṇaṃ nādaṃ, sogatāraññabyāpanaṃ
• vocab: see the Part I Vocabulary page
• tassatthaṃ dīpayissāmi, nānārāsiṃ (better nānārāsī) vibhājayaṃ
  ogāyha saddasatthāni, navaṅgaṃ satthusāsananti
• vocab: see the Part I Vocabulary page
• 3 terms for grammar
  • byākaraṇa
  • nirutti
  • sadda

General notes

• in every sutta there are 3 parts
• the sutta: the rule
  • characteristics of a sutta
    • appakkharaṁ (few letters): it should be as concise as possible
• vutti: the description
• udāharaṇa: the example
• 3 vutti
  • suttavutti: what is mentioned in the sutta
  • anuvattanavutti: what is not mentioned in the sutta
  • pakkhipanavutti: what is added by the grammarian to explain
• isn’t gacchanto - that can be use to refer to another noun - a pronoun? no, it is a kitaka noun, pronouns are not made out of root, suffix, etc.
• numbers starting from 5 are not taken as pronouns, no reason known