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pariyāyo

pariyāya

masc nom sg of pariyāya (noun); masc nom sg of pariyāya (adj)

1. way; means; method; lit. going around
2. discourse; instruction; teaching; lit. going around
3. turn; detour; roundabout way; lit. going around
4. way; nature; habit; property; quality; lit. going around
5. non-literal; figurative; metaphorical; lit. going around
6. (gram) metaphor
7. order; succession; course; sequence; lit. going around
8. way of saying; method of presentation; figure of speech; lit. going around
9. …

Etymology. pari + [y] + √i > āy + *a; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit paryāya [parī]

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

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