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sahasā

sahas

masc instr sg of sahas (noun); masc abl sg of sahas (noun)

1. sahas (masc): power; might; force
2. sahasā (ind): forcibly; quickly; suddenly; all of a sudden; lit. with violence
3. sahasā (ind): rashly; in haste; lit. with violence

Etymology. √sah + as; from √sah 'overcome, prevail'; Sanskrit sahas [sah]

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

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