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anekapariyāyena

anekapariyāya

masc instr sg of anekapariyāya (noun)

1. anekapariyāya (masc): various ways; different methods; alternative means
2. anekapariyāyena (ind): variously; multifariously; in different ways

Built from

• an- — prefix · not, without
  Negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• eka — root · one
  Cognates: English one, Latin ūnus, Sanskrit eka.
• pari — prefix · around, all-round
  Concrete sense of going or coming all the way round; implies completeness. Cognates: Greek perí (perimeter).
• i — root · go
  Cognate with Latin īre, English itinerary; the root √i + -āya (instrumental nominal suffix) yields the method or path.
• āya — ending · instrumental nominal suffix
  Forms an abstract noun denoting a method, way, or manner of action.
• ena — ending · instrumental singular
  Marks the means or manner by which an action is performed in the sentence.

Analysis. aneka (many, diverse) + pariyāya (way, method), with pariyāya deriving from pari- (around) + √i (to go): 'ways around', hence methods or approaches. The instrumental case marks the means by which something is done.

Etymology. aneka from a- (not) + eka (one), so 'not one', thus 'many' — cognate with English one, Latin ūnus, Sanskrit eka. Pariyāya from pari- (around, all-round: Greek perí) + √i (to go: related to Latin īre, English itinerary) suggests the concrete image of going all around, hence a complete approach or method.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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