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anāsavassa

anāsava

masc dat sg of anāsava (adj); nt dat sg of anāsava (adj); masc gen sg of anāsava (adj); nt gen sg of anāsava (adj); …

1. free from the effluents; taint-less; undefiled; epithet of Nibbāna
2. name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. free from effluents

Etymology. na > an + ā + √su > sav + *a; from √su 'flow'; Sanskrit anāsrava [āsru]

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

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