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yvāyaṁ

yo-ayaṁ

relative + demonstrative pronoun compound; nom. sg. masc. or neut. (assuming standard text is 'yo ayaṁ'; surface form 'yvāyaṁ' appears to be a contraction or scribal variant)

  1. who is this
  2. whoever this is
  3. the one who is

Analysis. yo (relative pronoun, 'who') + ayaṁ (demonstrative pronoun, 'this'); compounds to form 'this one who', common in conditional or identifying formulas

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

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