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garukato

garuka

masc abl sg of garuka (adj); masc nom sg of garukata (pp)

1. garuka (adj): heavy; onerous; weighty
2. garuka (adj): serious; grave; lit. heavy
3. garuka (adj): respected; esteemed; given importance; lit. heavy
4. garukata (pp): respected; honoured; revered; lit. made heavy
5. garuka (adj): (of an offence) serious; heavy; (comm) two classes of offences, i.e. pārājika and saṅghādisesa

Etymology. √gar + u + ka; from √gar 'esteem, be heavy'; Sanskrit guruka [gur]

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

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