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sotañca

sota

masc

1. stream; river; current
2. stream; river; current
3. ear
4. opening; aperture; channel; pathway; lit. stream
5. faculty of hearing; lit. ear

Analysis. sotaṃ + ca

Etymology. √su > so + *ta; from √su 'flow'; Sanskrit srotas [sru]

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

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