feminine · vaṇṇanā 1 · vaṇṇanā 2
explanation
explanation; a commentary; praising
Vaṇṇanā (feminine) [from vaṇṇeti] 1. explanation, commentary, exposition Pj I 11, 145, 227; Pj II 65 (pada°); Pv-a 2. — pāḷi° explanation of the text (as regards meaning of words), purely textual analysis (opposite vinicchayakathā) Vibh-a 291. 2. praise Dhp-a II 100 (vana°).
(fem, fem, abstr, act, from vaṇṇeti) commentary; exegesis; detailed explanation commentary, explanation [lit.] explaining Construction: √vaṇṇ + anā
(fem, fem, abstr, from vaṇṇeti) praising Construction: √vaṇṇ + anā