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vatthūni

vatthu

nt nom pl of vatthu (noun); nt acc pl of vatthu (noun); nt voc pl of vatthu (noun)

1. land; property; ground; site
2. site; location; base; grounds; lit. ground
3. matter; affair; case; lit. ground
4. story; case; example; instance; lit. ground
5. (comm) support; help; lit. ground
6. basis; grounds (for); lit. ground
7. physical basis; heart base; lit. ground
8. object; thing; substance

Etymology. √vas + tu; from √vas 'live'; Sanskrit vastu [vas]

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

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