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veyyākaraṇena

veyyākaraṇa

nt instr sg of veyyākaraṇa (noun); masc instr sg of veyyākaraṇa (noun)

1. answer; reply
2. detailed exposition; one of the nine kinds of suttas
3. grammarian; linguist; syntactician
4. grammatical analysis; explanation; exegesis; commentary
5. expositor; explainer; expounder

Etymology. vi > vy > veyy + ā + √kar + aṇa + *a; from √kar 'do, make'; Sanskrit vyākaraṇa [vyākṛ]

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

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