[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.161 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.161 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.161 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.161) \*\*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\*\*). - [Previous: v1.c12.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.160) - [Next: v1.c12.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.162) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kaccāyanavyākaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.pali.kaccayana) — Kaccāyana (grammarian), Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.161) · Pramāṇa