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suttassa

sutta

nt dat sg of sutta (noun); nt gen sg of sutta (noun); masc dat sg of sutta (pp); nt dat sg of sutta (pp); …

1. sleeping; asleep; lit. slept
2. lying down; sleeping; lit. slept
3. lying down; sleeping; lit. slept
4. scripture; discourse; sacred text; lit. thread
5. (vinaya) rule; regulation; precept
6. thread; string
7. (gram) grammatical rule

Etymology. √sup + ta; from √sup 'lie down, sleep'; Sanskrit supta [svap]

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

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