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vākyaṁ

Vākya

neuter saying, speech, sentence, usually found in poetry only, e.g. DN.ii.166 (suṇantu bhonto mama eka-vākyaṃ); AN.ii.34 (sutvā arahato vākyaṃ); AN.iii.40 (katvāna vākyaṃ Asitassa tādino); Snp.1102 (= vacana Cnd.559 ); Ja.iv.5 Ja.v.78 ; Tha-ap.25 ; Kp-a.166 (˚opādāna resumption of the sentence); Dhs

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  • Sutta Nipata 1 · 0.5/10k
  • Udana 1 · 0.5/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

neuter saying, speech, sentence, usually found in poetry only, e.g. DN.ii.166 (suṇantu bhonto mama eka-vākyaṃ); AN.ii.34 (sutvā arahato vākyaṃ); AN.iii.40 (katvāna vākyaṃ Asitassa tādino); Snp.1102 (= vacana Cnd.559); Ja.iv.5 Ja.v.78; Tha-ap.25; Kp-a.166 (˚opādāna resumption of the sentence); Dhs-a.324 (˚bheda “significant sentence translation).

fr. vac: see vāk & vācā; Vedic vākya

In the wild

Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.