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Six Names for Sadda-pa¤¤atti
The spoken words of different languages are all sadda-pa¤¤atti.
Each and every sadda-pa¤¤atti has the following six names.
1 Nàma
It is the name of something and it is always bent towards
the meaning it could express.
For example, the word ‘bhåmi’ could express the
meaning of ‘land’ and so it is always bent towards that
meaning. Moreover, because it could express so, it always
let the meaning ‘land’ bend towards it as its own meaning.
2 Nàma-kamma
The name bhåmi has been given to it by some important
learned men in the past. So it is also known as ‘nàma-kamma’.
3 Nàma-dheyya
The name bhåmi has been long established by learned
people. Thus it is also called nàma-dheyya.
4 Nàma-nirutti
The name ‘bhåmi’ lies hidden before it is spoken, and it
should be exposed by expressing it in language. So it is
called nàma-nirutti.
5 Nàma-bya¤jana
Because the name bhåmi can show its meaning very clearly,
it is called nàma-byanjana.
6 Nàmabhilàpa
The word bhåmi should be spoken with the intention of
expressing the meaning of it. So it is called nàmabhilàpa.