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kiriyāya

kiriya

nt dat sg of kiriya (noun); fem instr sg of kiriyā (noun); fem dat sg of kiriyā (noun); fem abl sg of kiriyā (noun); …

1. kiriya (nt): making; doing; performing
2. kiriya (nt): (gram) verb, predicate
3. kiriya (nt): action of an arahant, not kamma
4. kiriyā (fem): act; action; activity; deed; performance
5. kiriyā (fem): consequence of actions; lit. action

Etymology. √kar > kir + iya; from √kar 'do, make'; Sanskrit kriyā [kṛ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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