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pariyāyena

pariyāya

masc instr sg of pariyāya (noun); nt instr sg of pariyāya (noun); masc instr sg of pariyāya (adj); nt instr sg of pariyāya (adj)

1. pariyāya (masc): way; means; method; lit. going around
2. pariyāya (masc): discourse; instruction; teaching; lit. going around
3. pariyāya (masc): turn; detour; roundabout way; lit. going around
4. pariyāya (masc): way; nature; habit; property; quality; lit. going around
5. pariyāya (nt): layer; overlay; covering; lit. going around
6. pariyāya (adj): non-literal; figurative; metaphorical; lit. going around
7. pariyāya (masc): (gram) metaphor
8. pariyāya (masc): order; succession; course; sequence; lit. going around
9. …

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, completely
  Going all the way round something; used to express completeness and encirclement. From PIE *per-, cognate with Greek perí and Latin per.
• yāya — stem · going, way
  Instrumental singular of yāti or yāyana (going, movement), from √i 'to go'. The instrumental case here marks the means or manner: 'by the method of going around'.

Analysis. pari (around, all the way round) + yāya (going, from √i 'to go'): literally 'by going around'; used adverbially to mean 'in a roundabout way', 'by means of', or 'figuratively'

Etymology. pari- (prefix: around, all the way round, < PIE *per-) + √i (to go, < PIE *ei-); the prefix's sense of completeness and encirclement carries over into the abstract notion of method or manner—one goes 'all the way around' a topic rather than directly. Cognates: Greek perí 'around' (perigee), Latin per 'through', English far. The root √i appears in English 'go' (< PIE *ei-).

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

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