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issaro

issara

masc nom sg of issara (noun); masc nom sg of issara (adj)

1. lord; ruler; master; lit. having power
2. god; creator; god almighty; (comm) lord of the world; lit. having power
3. powerful; entitled; rich; lit. having power
4. lordship; rulership; lit. having power
5. empowered; authorized (to); lit. having power

Etymology. √īs > iss + ara; from √īs 'have power'; Sanskrit īśvara [īś]

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

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