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cavanatā

fem nom sg of cavanatā (noun); fem nom pl of cavanatā (noun); fem acc pl of cavanatā (noun); fem instr sg of cavanatā (noun); …

1. falling away; passing away; lit. causing to fall state

Etymology. cāve + ana + tā; from √cu 'shift, fall away, die'; Sanskrit cyavana + [cyu]

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

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