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vessavaṇo

vessavaṇa

masc nom sg of vessavaṇa (noun)

  1. name of one of the Four Great Kings; lit. famous

Etymology. vi > ve + √su > sav + *aṇa + *a; from √su 'hear'; Sanskrit vaiśravaṇa < viśravas [viśru]

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

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