odanta

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Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

o (letter 'o') +‎ anta (end). The -d- is an arbitrary hiatus breaker, whose primary exemplar may be the Indo-European neuter singular ending -d.

Adjective[edit]

odanta

  1. ending in 'o'.
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1], page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।
      Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.
      There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'

Declension[edit]