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yatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ

yatva

indeclinable (absolutive); analyzed as yatva-adhikaraṇa-mena + ādhikāra (nominative singular, governing genitive or locative in instrumental sense); surface form with ādhikaraṇa 'reason, ground' and instrumental mena

1. by reason of restraint
2. on account of control
3. through the ground of discipline

Built from

• yat — root · restrain, control
  Related to Sanskrit yam-, 'to hold, control, guide'. The concrete image is holding in or keeping within bounds.
• va — ending · perfective absolutive
  Marks completion of action before the main verb; creates an adverbial phrase.
• adhikaraṇa — stem · ground, reason, basis
  From adhi- (on top of, presiding) + karaṇa (instrument, making). Denotes the circumstance or logical ground.
• mena — ending · instrumental
  Marks the means or cause; mena is a variant instrumental ending in older Pali constructions, emphasizing agency or instrumentality.

Analysis. yatva (absolutive of yati, 'to control, restrain') + adhikaraṇa ('ground, reason, cause') + mena (instrumental ending); lit. 'by restraint as ground' — an archaic or highly literary construction expressing the instrumental cause or means

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

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