vyAkaraRa · neuter · vyākaraṇa 1
grammar
vyākaraṇa , nt. (to vyākaroti ; in mg. 1 essentially like Skt. id. ; Pali id. also in mg. 3), ( 1 ) explanation, elucidation , esp. of questions put: praśnasya °ṇena Laṅk 15.1 ; dharmaṃ paripṛcchakās, tasya ca °ṇena tuṣṭā(ḥ) … SP 288.12 ; sarvapraśna-°ṇa- LV 427.14 ; (rājā …) pṛcchati, te ca jñātvā vyākaronti, teṣāṃ vyākaraṇaṃ śrutvā … Mv i.274.5 ; °ṇe bhāṣyamāṇe iii.66.17 ; prob. in this sense, persons like the Bodhisattva are called °ṇa-saṃpannāḥ, perfect in elucidation (of religious problems), Mv ii.290.19 (in one of the reproaches hurled at Māra; cf. pratibhānasaṃpannāḥ 18, just before); so also the Pratyekabuddhas who entered nirvāṇa to ‘empty’ the earth for the birth of Śākyamuni are said to have vyākaraṇāni vyākaritvā Mv i.357.9, 11 , before entering nirvāṇa; in this case the vyākaraṇāni are the khaḍgaviṣāṇa gāthās appropriate to Pratyekabuddhas; there are four technical kinds of °ṇa, [Page517-a] answers to questions , in Mvy 1657—61 , ekāṃśa-, vibhajya-, paripṛcchā- , and sthāpanīya-°ṇa , qq.v. ; as one of the 12 or 9 types of literature in the canon, °ṇam Mvy 1269 ; Dharmas 62 , explanation , perh. more specifically answers to questions , = vaiyākaraṇa , Pali veyyākaraṇa (which acc. to MN comm. ii.106.13 means all the Abhidhamma, suttas without gāthās, and whatever else is not included in the other 8 divisions!); not predictions with Burnouf Intr. 54 ff. and Lévi on Sūtrāl. i.7 ; ( 2 ) vyākaraṇaḥ, m. , Av ii.19.8 (see Speyerʼs note ), if correct would be nom. ag. , expounder, elucidator ; parallels Divy 619.24 ; 620.19 vaiyākaraṇaḥ, in Skt. and perh. here grammarian ; ( 3 ) (as in Pali , not Skt. ) prophecy, prediction , recorded only of a prediction that someone will attain perfect enlightenment ( tho the verb vyākaroti is not so restricted); in this sense very common, regularly with gen. of the person (or in comp. ) and loc. of the goal: Śāriputrasyedaṃ °ṇam anuttarāyāṃ samyaksambodhau SP 69.6 ; similarly SP 70.12 ; 214.3, 4 ; 222.12 , etc. etc. ; megha-māṇavaka-°ṇaṃ Mv i.2.1 ; °ṇaṃ … labheyā Bhad 59 , may I get a prophecy ; apramāṇa-°ṇa-pratyeṣakaś Dbh 71.24 ; others, Suv 168.4 etc. , common everywhere; exceptionally, with loc. of beneficiary, gen. of maker of the prophecy, vyākaraṇam asmi ( mss. asmiṃ) dyutimatŏ Mv i.43.18 , so read, the Glorious Oneʼs prophecy about him .
grammar; explanation; answer; declaration
Vyākaraṇa (neuter) [from vyākaroti; see also veyyākaraṇa] 1. answer (pañha°), explanation, exposition A I 197; II 46; III 119; Pj II 63, 99; Pj I 75, 76. 2. grammar (as one of the 6 aṅgas) Pj II 447; Pv-a 97. 3. prediction Ja I 34, 44; Dhp-a IV 120.
【中】 文法，解釋，答案，宣佈。
(nt, nt, act, from vyākaroti) answering; replying explanation, answer, declaration Construction: vi > vy + ā + √kar + aṇa
(nt, nt, from vyākaroti) grammar; grammatical analysis Construction: vi + ā > vyā + √kar + aṇa