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sāsavā

sāsava

masc nom pl of sāsava (adj); fem nom sg of sāsava (adj); fem nom pl of sāsava (adj); nt nom pl of sāsava (adj); …

  1. defiled; polluted; tainted; lit. with effluent

Etymology. sa + ā + √su > sav + *a; from √su 'flow'; Sanskrit sāsrava [āsru]

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

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