sutta.stream

‹ Back to the text

appahānā

appahāna

nt nom pl of appahāna (noun); nt instr sg of appahāna (noun); nt abl sg of appahāna (noun); nt voc sg of appahāna (noun); …

  1. not giving up; not letting go; not removing (of); not abandoning; lit. not actively abandoning

Etymology. na > a + pa + √hā + ana; from √hā 'abandon'; Sanskrit aprahāṇa [prahā]

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version