Paccattavacana, Paccatta-vacana: 1 definition
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPaccattavacana refers to: expression of separate relation, i.e. case of reference, or of the direct object, reflexive case, N. of the Acc. case SnA 303; VvA. 281; PvA. 30, 35; KhA 213, 236; in lieu of karaṇa KhA 213, of sāmin SnA 594. (Page 383)
Note: paccattavacana is a Pali compound consisting of the words paccatta and vacana.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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