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aṭṭhānañca

aṭṭha

masc

1. aṭṭha (masc): goal; purpose
2. aṭṭha (masc): meaning; sense
3. aṭṭhāna (nt): impossibility; lit. not standing
4. aṭṭhāna (nt): wrong place; unsuitable object; lit. not standing
5. aṭṭha (card): eight (8)
6. aṭṭhāna (nt): removal from office; without a position; lit. not standing

Analysis. aṭṭhānaṃ + ca

Etymology. √ar + tha; from √ar 'move, attain'; Sanskrit artha [ṛ]

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

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