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viya

Viya

indeclinable part of comparison: like, as; stands for iva (usually in verse after ā : Snp.420 (jātimā v.); Pv.i.8#5 (vārinā v.); or o Snp.580 (vajjho v.), Snp.818 (kapaṇo v.); or ṃ: Snp.381 (vajantaṃ v.), Snp.689 (nekkhaṃ v.). dubitative particle: na viya maññe I suppose not MN.ii.121 . Cp. byā . an

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Where it lives

Dhammapada 3 · 5.71/10k
Sutta Nipata 5 · 2.48/10k
Digha Nikaya 16 · 1.11/10k
Udana 2 · 1/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

indeclinable

part of comparison: like, as; stands for iva (usually in verse after ā: Snp.420 (jātimā v.); Pv.i.8#5 (vārinā v.); or o Snp.580 (vajjho v.), Snp.818 (kapaṇo v.); or ṃ: Snp.381 (vajantaṃ v.), Snp.689 (nekkhaṃ v.).
dubitative particle: na viya maññe I suppose not MN.ii.121. Cp. byā.

another form of iva, viâ, *via (so some Prākrits: Pischel Prk. Gr., § 143, 336) → viya. Pischel Prk. Gr. § 336, 337 derives it fr. viva = v’ iva

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