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nisabhassa

nisabha

masc dat sg of nisabha (noun); masc gen sg of nisabha (noun)

1. leading bull; finest of men; (comm) foremost of a hundred thousand bulls
2. name of an arahant monk

Etymology. Sanskrit nṛ + ṛṣabha

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

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