Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.161

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**Kaccāyana-vyākaraṇa.**—A treatise on Pāli-grammar by **Kaccāyana**. The treatise is in eight divisions, each division comprising *suttas* or rules, expressed with great brevity; *vutti* or supplements, to render the *suttas* intelligible; *payoga* or grammatical analyses, with examples, and *nyāsa* or scholia, explanatory notes of the principal grammatical forms in the shape of questions and answers. The *nyāsa* often exists as a separate book, called the *Mukhamattadīpanī*. Orthodox tradition ascribes the whole work to **Mahā Kaccāna**, but another tradition, recorded in the **Kaccāyanabheda**, states that the aphorisms are by **Kaccāyana**, the *vutti* by **Saṅghānandi**, the illustrations by **Brahmadatta** and the *nyāsa* by **Vimalabuddhi**—all perhaps belonging to the same school of Avanti (see above, *s.v.* **Kaccāna**).