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tayidaṁ

adverb; contraction of taya + idaṁ (instrumental of taya 'three' + neuter nominative/accusative singular of idaṁ 'this')

1. in this threefold way
2. by these three

Built from

• ta — root · three
  Related to Sanskrit tri, Greek treis, Latin tres, English three — all from Indo-European *treyes. The instrumental form taya conveys agency or means.
• idaṁ — root · this
  Demonstrative pronoun; related to Sanskrit idam. The neuter form idaṁ appears here in close apposition to the instrumental, forging the adverbial phrase.

Analysis. taya (instrumental of ti 'three') + idaṁ (this). The contraction expresses 'by means of these three' or 'in respect of these three things'.

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

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