kvattho
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Phrase[edit]
kvattho
- What is the use (of something)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1], page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- अक्खर इच्चनेन क्वत्थो? अत्थो अक्खर-सञ्ञातो
- Akkhara iccanena kvattho? Attho akkhara-saññāto.
- What is the meaning of this, viz. a 'letter'? The meaning comes from being skilled in letters.
- Why do you use this word? (The word is usually quoted.)
Usage notes[edit]
The thing whose use is queried goes in the instrumental case.
References[edit]
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ka˚”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead