‹ Back to the text

ādīnavo

ādīnava

masc nom sg of ādīnava (noun)

1. danger; problem (in)
2. disadvantage; drawback; unsatisfactoriness; inadequacy (of)

Etymology. ā + √dī + na + vant + a; from √dī 'be afflicted'; Sanskrit ādīnava [dī]

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version