an expression; a form of words; a way of speaking; an alternative terminology, a gloss.

…(pabbajitā… sakāya niruttiyā Buddhavacanaṃ dūsenti); DN.i.202 (loka˚, expression); MN.iii.237 (janapada˚); SN.iii.71 (tayo…

local terminology; an ordinary way of speaking (in a particular community?)

, ~a, neuter a way of speaking; an expression; (merely using an expression; ?)

analytic knowledge or understanding of the form of words, of expressions.

…of language nirutti - patisambhidā of ready wit patibhāna - patisambhidā.

As an alternative rendering of the fourth…

…ti sikkhā ca nirutti ca Snp-a.447 = DN-a.i.247 = AN.iii.223 = Snp.p.105.

• -piṇḍa “word-ball”,…

…1 kappa 2 vyākaraṇā, 3 nirutti, 4 sikkhā, 5 chando (viciti) 6 jotisattha (thus enumerated at Vv-a.265; at Pv-a.97 in sequence 4, 1, 3, 2,…

…1 kappa 2 vyākaraṇā, 3 nirutti, 4 sikkhā, 5 chando (viciti) 6 jotisattha (thus enumerated at Vv-a.265; at Pv-a.97 in sequence 4, 1, 3, 2,…

…with attha, nirutti and paṭibhāna one of the 4 Paṭisambhidās (branches of analytic knowledge…

adjective noun based on etymology; an etymologist or philologist Thag-a.153; Ne.8, Ne.9, Ne.32, Ne.33.

fr. nirutti

…DN.i.88 (= sikkhā ca nirutti ca DN-a.i.247 = Snp-a.447)
■ adj (-˚) breaking up into, i.e. consisting of, comprising, of various…

…or causal relations; nirutti˚; of [meanings “in intension as given in] definitions paṭibhāna˚ or intellect to which things knowable…

…(itthi˚) Vb-a.387 (in nirutti); Snp-a.261, Snp-a.318, Snp-a.335.

• -kovida a grammarian or phonetician Snp-a.321 *…

…or phonetics combined with nirutti (interpretation, etymology) DN-a.i.247 = Snp-a.447.

*…

…Snp.p.101; Mil.10; DN-a.i.247 (akkharappabhedo ti sikkhā ca nirutti ca).

sa³ + akkhara + pabheda