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sakkesu

sakka

masc loc pl of sakka (ptp); nt loc pl of sakka (ptp); masc loc pl of sakka (noun); masc loc pl of sakkā (noun)

1. sakka (ptp): able; capable; proficient; lit. to be able
2. sakka (masc): name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
3. sakka (masc): Sakyan; man of the Sakyan race
4. sakkā (masc): people of Sakya; Sakyans

Etymology. √sak + ya; from √sak 'be able, be powerful'; Sanskrit śakya [śak]

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

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