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padakassa

padaka

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

1. philologist; lexicographer; etymologist; who can recite the Vedas in the padapāṭha style

Etymology. √pad + a + ka; from √pad 'go, step'; Sanskrit padaka [pad]

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

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