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vesāliyaṁ

vesāliya

accusative singular masculine of vesāliya (adjective), or accusative singular neuter of vesāliya used as a noun

1. relating to Vesāli
2. of Vesāli (the city)
3. Vesālian

Built from

• vesāli — root · Vesāli (place name)
  An ancient city in northeastern India, capital of the Licchavis, important in early Buddhism and in Jain history. Not analyzable further; a proper noun.
• -ya — ending · of, relating to
  Possessive/relational suffix forming adjectives meaning 'belonging to' or 'relating to', forming secondary derivatives from nouns. Here creating the adjective vesāliya 'of/relating to Vesāli'.

Analysis. Vesāli (the city of Vesāli, ancient capital of the Licchavis) + -ya (possessive/relational suffix forming adjectives meaning 'of, belonging to, relating to'). The form vesāliyaṁ is the accusative singular.

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

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