substantif (neutre) : signe, marque ; la “lettre”, par rapport à “l'esprit” (attha)
byañjana (nt.) [cp. Sk. vyañjana] 1. sign, mark: see vyañjana. – 2. the letter, as compared with attha, the spirit or meaning; thus in phrase atthato byañjanato ca according to the meaning & the letter Miln 18, 345; Nett 23. As vyañjana is the more usual (& classical) form, other refs. will be found under vyañjana.