akkhara
Akkhara,(adj.) [Vedic akṣara] constant,durable,lasting D.III,86. As tt. for one of 4 branches of Vedic learning (D.I,88) it is Phonetics which probably included Grammar,and is expld by sikkhā (DA.I,247 = SnA 477) ‹-› pl. nt. akkharāni sounds,tones,words. citt’akkhara of a discourse (suttanta) having variety & beauty of words or sounds (opposed to beauty of thought) A.I,72 = III,107 = S.II,267. Akkharāni are the sauce,flavour (vyañjana) of poetry S.I,38. To know the context of the a° the words of the texts,is characteristic of an Arahant Dh.352 (C. is ambiguous DhA.IV,70). Later:akkharaṁ a syllable or sound PvA.280 (called sadda in next line); akkharāni an inscription J.II,90; IV,7 (likhitāni written),489; VI,390,407. In Grammar:a letter KAcc. 1.
--cintaka a grammarian or versifier KhA 17; SnA 16,23,321. cp. 466; PvA.120. --pabheda in phrase sakkharappabheda phonology & etymology D.I,88 (akkharappabhedo ti sikkhā ca nirutti ca SnA 447 = DA. i.247) = A.III,223 = Sn.p. 105. --piṇḍa “word-ball”,i. e. sequence of words or sounds DhA.IV,70 (= akkharānaṁ sannipāto Dh.352). (Page 2)