dvaya

adjective noun

  1. twofold Snp.886 (saccaṃ musā ti dvayadhammaṃ); Dhp.384; Pv.iv.1#29 (dvayaṃ vipākaṃ = duvidhaṃ Pv-a.228)- advaya single AN.v.46
  2. false, deceitful Vin.iii.21-nt. a duality, a pair, couple SN.ii.17 (˚ṃ nissito loko) Ja.iii.395 (gātha˚); Pv-a.19 (māsa˚); Dhp-a.ii.93 (pada two lines, “couplet”).
  • -kārin “doing both,” i.e. both good & evil deeds (su˚ & duccaritaṃ) SN.iii.241, cp. SN.iii.247 sq.; DN.iii.96.

Ved. dvaya; cp. dvi B I. 6