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pāvako

pāvaka

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

1. bright; shining; pure; lit. purifying
2. fire; conflagration; inferno; lit. purifier

Etymology. √pu > pāv + *aka; from √pu 'purify, cleanse'; Sanskrit pāvaka [pū]

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

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