dvi
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Pali[edit]
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| Cardinal : dvi Ordinal : dutiya | ||
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi).
Numeral[edit]
dvi
- two
- c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā[1], page 4; republished Yanɡon, Myanmar: Ministry of Reliɡious Affairs, 2008:
- Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṁ ṭhapetvā vicarati.
- 'Catukkuṇḍiko': He moves with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground.
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][2], page 251; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- तासं सब्बासं विभत्तीनं परस्सपदानं अत्तनोपदानञ्च द्वे द्वे पदानि पठममज्झम-उत्तम पुरिससञ्ञानि होन्ति।
- Tāsaṃ sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ parassapadānaṃ attanopadānañca dve dve padāni paṭhamamajjhima-uttama purisasaññāni honti.
- Of all the endings, active and middle, they are called, two by two, the third, second and first person endings.
Declension[edit]
Declension table of "dvi"