payoga

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

payoga m

  1. means, instrument
  2. preparation, undertaking, occupation, exercise, business, action, practice
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      या च पन सक्कतगन्थेसु समञ्ञा घोसाति वाघोसाति वा ता पयोगे सति एत्थापि पयुज्जते
      Yā ca pana sakkataganthesu samaññā ghosāti vāghosāti vā tā payoge sati etthāpi payujjate.
      And moreover that designation either 'voiced' or 'unvoiced' which is in Sanskrit texts is applied even here when there is occasion.

Declension

Descendants

  • Burmese: ပယောဂ (pa.yau:ga., witchcraft; deed)
  • Lao: ປະໂຫຍກ (pa nyōk, sentence)
  • Thai: ประโยค (bprà-yòok, sentence)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “payoga”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead