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ālayo

ālaya

masc nom sg of ālaya (noun)

1. home; roost; perch; nest; lair; lit. sticking here
2. attachment (to); clinging (to); (comm) craving; lit. sticking here
3. pretence; lit. sticking here
4. reliance, thing relied on; lit. sticking here

Etymology. ā + √lī > lay + *a; from √lī 'stick, hide'; Sanskrit ālaya [ālī]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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