aDivacana · neuter
term
Adhivacana (neuter) [adhi + vacana] designation, term, attribute, metaphor, metaphorical expression D II 62; M I 113, 144, 460; A II 70, 124; III 310; IV 89, 285, 340; It 15, 114; Snp page 218; Ja I 117; Nidd II §34 = Dhs 1306 (= nāma saṅkhā paññatti etc.); Vibh 6; Pv-a 63. See on term BMPE 316 note 1. -patha "process of synonymous nomenclature" (Mrs. Rh.D.) D II 68; S III 71; Dhs 1306; As 51.
adhivacana , nt. (= Pali id. ), designation, appellation, name, term (of, for, gen. ): Mvy 6333 ; Mv i.161.2 ; tathatā tathateti … śūnyatāyā etad adhivacanam Śikṣ 263.1 , tathatā is a name for nullity ; KP 71.9, 10 ; bhūtatathatāyā etad adhivacanam Vaj 37.3 ; AsP 342.1 ; kasyaitad adhivacanaṃ yad uta nirvāṇam iti Laṅk 182.9 , of what is this a designation, viz. the word nirvāṇa? ; anāyavyaya ity anutpādasyaitad adhivacanam Laṅk 175.18 ; katamasyaitad dharmasyādhivacanaṃ samādhir iti Samādh p. 13 lines 19—20 , of what matter is this a designation, the word samādhi?
name, designation; metaphorical expression; near-synonym
【中】術語，標明。
(nt, nt) term (for); name (for); expression (for); epithet (of); designation (for) term, designation [lit.] higher speaking Construction: adhi + √vac + ana