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monena

mona

nt instr sg of mona (noun)

1. silence
2. sage-hood; sagacity; sainthood
3. wisdom; knowledge; sagacity; sapience

Etymology. √mun > mon + *a; from √mun 'think, know'; Sanskrit mauna [man]

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

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