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dunniggahassa

dunniggaha

masc dat sg of dunniggaha (adj); nt dat sg of dunniggaha (adj); masc gen sg of dunniggaha (adj); nt gen sg of dunniggaha (adj)

1. hard to control; difficult to arrest; tricky to pin down; lit. hard to hold down

Etymology. dur + ni + √gah + a; from √gah 'grasp'; Sanskrit durnigraha [nigrah]

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

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