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paccayāse

paccaya

masc nom pl of paccaya (noun); masc nom pl of paccaya (adj)

1. support; requisite; necessity
2. cause; reason; supporting condition; requirement (for)
3. (gram) affix; suffix; verbal ending; lit. dependent
4. dependent (on); reliant (on); based (on); supported (by); founded (on)
5. name of an arahant monk; lit. dependent

Etymology. pati > paty > pacc + √i > ay + *a; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit pratyaya [pratī]

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

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