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nekkhamme

nekkhamma

nt acc pl of nekkhamma (noun); nt loc sg of nekkhamma (noun)

1. renunciation; rejection of sensual pleasure; lit. going out state

Etymology. nī > ne + √kam > kham + a + *ya; from √kam 'go'; Sanskrit naiṣkramya [niṣkram]

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

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