John Kelly's Pāli Class 2024 (G&K) Class 3

How does one know which is the right gender of relative pronoun for a particular sentence? Take the examples from Further Readings 1

Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammaṁ (accusative, singular, masc) pi (emphatic) samanupassāmi (singular, first person) yo (masculine, nominative) evaṁ (singular) saddhammassa (genitive singular) sammosāya (dative singular) antaradhānāya (dative singular) saṁvattati (singular, third person expects dative) yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, pamādo (nom, singular, masc). Pamādo, bhikkhave, saddhammassa (genitive singular) sammosāya (dative singular) antaradhānāya (dative singular) saṁvattatīti (singular, third person expects dative)

Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekarūpaṁ (accusative singular neuter) pi samanupassāmi yaṁ (neuter nominative) evaṁ purisassa (genitive masculine singular) cittaṁ (acc, neuter) pariyādāya (absolutive) tiṭṭhati (singular, 3rd person) yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, itthirūpaṁ (nom, neuter).
Itthirūpaṁ, bhikkhave, purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatīti

I assume that ekadhammaṁ (male) and ekarūpaṁ (female) determine the genders of the relative pronouns of their sentences. Is my assumption correct?

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