Pāli Dictionary

byākaraṇa

viprefixāprefixkarrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7to do; to make

Synonyms

akkhāna, ācikkhana, pavedana, vissajjana, ākhyāna

general

  • an answer; a reply

  • AN 4.42

    cattār'imāni, bhikkhave, pañhabyākaraṇāni. katamāni cattāri? atthi, bhikkhave, pañho ek'aṃsabyākaraṇīyo, atthi, bhikkhave, pañho vibhajjabyākaraṇīyo.

  • (grammar) a grammatical treatise

  • MN 12

    [daḷhadhammo bahūsu ṭīkā ca moggallānabyākaraṇaṃ ca oloketabbaṃ]

  • (grammar/literary) prose

doctrine

  • a declaration; a formal statement or announcement

  • AN 5.93

    pañc'imāni, bhikkhave, aññābyākaraṇāni. katamāni pañca?

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