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ārabbha

masc voc sg of ārabbha (noun); imp 2nd sg of ārabbhati (verb)

1. ārabbha (ger): bringing forth; arousing; initiating; lit. beginning with
2. ārabbha (ind): concerning; referring (to); regarding; at the expense (of); owing to; lit. beginning with
3. ārabbhati (pr): begins; starts; initiates; undertakes; rouses oneself
4. ārabbha (masc): undertaking; initiative

Etymology. ā + √rabh + ya; from √rabh 'begin'; Sanskrit ārabhya [ārabh]

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

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