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okkanti

fem nom sg of okkanti (noun); fem voc sg of okkanti (noun)

1. entry; descent; lit. going down
2. conception; coming down (into a womb); lit. going down

Etymology. ava + √kam + ti; from √kam 'go'; Sanskrit avakrānti, avakramaṇa [avakram]

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

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