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veyyākaraṇo

veyyākaraṇa

masc nom sg of veyyākaraṇa (noun)

  1. grammarian; linguist; syntactician
  2. grammatical analysis; explanation; exegesis; commentary
  3. expositor; explainer; expounder

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

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

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