ठपेत्वा
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Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Adverb
[edit]ठपेत्वा
- Devanagari script form of ṭhapetvā, which is absolutive of ṭhapeti, which is causative of tiṭṭhati (“to stand”)
Preposition
[edit]ठपेत्वा
- Devanagari script form of ṭhapetvā (“except for”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- ठपेत्वा अट्ठ सरे सेसा अक्खरा ककारादयो निग्गहीतन्ता व्यञ्जना नाम होन्ति।
- Ṭhapetvā aṭṭha sare sesā akkharā kakārādayo niggahītantā vyañjanā nāma honti.
- Putting aside the eight vowels, the remaining letters, starting with 'k' and ending with niggahita are called consonants.