a particle
like
viya (= Pali id. , Skt. iva), like, as ; only in Mv , but frequent there in prose and vs alike: prose, i.237.10 ; 301.7 ; 339.7 ; 344.9 ; ii.158.7 ( mss. ciya); 268.10, 11 ; iii.48.19 ; 49.6 ; 60.7 ; 182.13 ; 183.5 ; 414.15 ; vss , ii.4.1 and 19.16 (same vss with varr. have iva i.200.4 and 149.14 ; in ii.19.16 Senart em. wrongly); ii.36.14 ; 57.9 ; 181.5 ; 203.1, 5 ; 423.13 (here viya in mss. , hypermetr.); iii.9.11 ; 79.9 ; 87.4 ; 184.4, 5 ; 405.11 .
like; as
Viya (indeclinable) [another form of iva, via *via (so some Prākrits: Pischel Pkt Gr. , §143, 336) > viya. Pischel, Pkt Gr. §§336, 337 derives it from viva = v'iva] 1. particle of comparison: like, as; stands for iva (usually in verse after ā: Snp 420 (jātimā v.); Pv I 8 5 (vārinā v.); or o Snp 580 (vajjho v.), 818 (kapaṇo v.); or ṃ: Snp 381 (vajantaṃ v.), 689 (nekkhaṃ v.). 2. dubitative particle: na viya maññe I suppose not M II 121. Cf. byā. Viya° the diæretic form (for sake of metre) of vya° [= vi + a°], which see generally. Cf. the identical veyya°.
(比較虛詞), 象，如同，當做。
(ind, ind) like; as like, as Construction: iva > via > viya