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veyyākaraṇāyāti

veyyākaraṇa

nt; dative singular (veyyākaraṇāya) + iti (quotative particle)

1. answer; reply
2. detailed exposition; one of the nine kinds of suttas
3. grammarian; linguist; syntactician
4. grammatical analysis; explanation; exegesis; commentary
5. expositor; explainer; expounder

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, clearly
  Intensive prefix meaning clarity and distinctness, here emphasizing the analytical force of exposition.
• kar — root · make, do, explain
  Root meaning to fashion or set forth. In compounds with vi-, it yields the sense of making clear by distinguishing.
• ana — ending · action, result
  Nominalizing suffix forming abstract nouns from verbal roots; here creating the noun 'exposition' from the action of explaining.
• āya — ending · dative
  Dative singular ending, marking the indirect object ('for, to the exposition').
• iti — root · thus, quotative
  Quotative particle freezing what follows as reported speech or exposition, often rendered 'as [such-and-such]'.

Analysis. veyyākaraṇāya (dative of veyyākaraṇa, 'to/for exposition') + iti (quotative particle introducing what is expounded or answered). The phrase conveys 'as [an] exposition' or 'in the manner of explanation'.

Etymology. veyyākaraṇa: vi- (apart, with clarity) + √kar (make, do, explain) + -ana (nominalizing suffix). The prefix vi- originally meant 'asunder' but here carries its sense of intensive clarity—'making clear by setting apart'—hence 'explanation, exposition'. Sanskrit vyākaraṇa (grammar, explanation) shares the same formation. The root √kar is cognate with English 'care' (originally 'to turn, attend') and Latin 'crēāre'.

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

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