indeclinable

1. part of comparison: like, as; stands for iva (usually in verse after ā: Snp.420 (jātimā v.); Pv.i.8#5 (vārinā v.); or o Snp.580 (vajjho v.), Snp.818 (kapaṇo v.); or ṃ: Snp.381 (vajantaṃ v.), Snp.689 (nekkhaṃ v.).
2. dubitative particle: na viya maññe I suppose not MN.ii.121. Cp. byā.

another form of iva, viâ, *via (so some Prākrits: Pischel Prk. Gr., § 143, 336) → viya. Pischel Prk. Gr. § 336, 337 derives it fr. viva = v’ iva

Viya˚

the diaeretic form (for sake of metre) of vya˚;, which see generally. Cp. the identical veyya˚.

= vi + a˚