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durannayā

durannaya

masc nom pl of durannaya (adj); fem nom sg of durannaya (adj); fem nom pl of durannaya (adj); nt nom pl of durannaya (adj); …

1. difficult to follow; tricky to trace; hard to understand; (comm) difficult to know
2. name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. difficult to follow
3. difficult to teach; not instructable; unteachable; intractable; lit. difficult to follow

Etymology. dur + anu > ann + √i > ay + *a; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit duranvaya [anve]

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

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