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sāsavo

sāsava

masc nom sg 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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