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byañjanaṁ

Byañjana

neuter sign, mark: see vyañjana . the letter, as compared with attha the spirit or meaning; thus in phrase atthato byañjanato ca according to the meaning & the letter Mil.18 , Mil.345 ; Ne.23 . As vyañjana is the more usual (classical) form, other refs. will be found under vyañjana. cp. Sk. vyañjana

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neuter

  1. sign, mark: see vyañjana.
  2. the letter, as compared with attha the spirit or meaning; thus in phrase atthato byañjanato ca according to the meaning & the letter Mil.18, Mil.345; Ne.23. As vyañjana is the more usual (classical) form, other refs. will be found under vyañjana.

cp. Sk. vyañjana

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