Neyyattha-dhamma

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Neyyattha-dhamma: A 'teaching the meaning of which is implicit, or has to be inferred' as contrasted with a 'teaching with an explicit or evident meaning' nītattha-dhamma In A. I, 60 PTS it is said:;Whoso declares a sutta with an implicit meaning as a sutta with explicit meaning and conversely, such a one makes a false statement with regard to the Blessed One.; - See paramattha.

References

Maha Thera Nyanatiloka. Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, Buddhist Publication Society, first edition 1952.