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desanā

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

1. teaching; discourse; explaining
2. (vinaya) confessing; admitting
3. (vinaya) appointing; allocating; indicating; designating; showing; lit. pointing out
4. example; illustration; lit. causing to point out

Etymology. dese + anā; from √dis 'point out, explain'; Sanskrit deśanā [diś]

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

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