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paccayassa

paccaya

masc dat sg of paccaya (noun); masc gen sg of paccaya (noun); nt dat sg of paccaya (noun); nt gen sg of paccaya (noun); …

1. support; requisite; necessity; lit. going back
2. cause; reason; supporting condition; requirement (for); lit. going back
3. (gram) affix; suffix; verbal ending; lit. going back
4. dependent (on); reliant (on); based (on); supported (by); founded (on); lit. going back
5. name of an arahant monk; lit. going back
6. support; requisite; necessity; lit. going back

Etymology. pati > paty > pacc + √i > ay + *a; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit pratyaya [pratī]

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

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