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āyāmena

āyāma

masc instr sg of āyāma (noun); masc instr sg of āyāma (adj); nt instr sg of āyāma (adj)

1. āyāma (masc): effort; striving; exertion; endeavour; lit. stretching
2. āyāma (masc): stretch; flex; extension
3. āyāma (adj): having the length of
4. āyāma (masc): length
5. āyāmena (ind): in breadth; in width; lit. with stretch
6. āyāmena (ind): in length; lit. with stretch
7. āyāmena (ind): from east to west; lit. with stretch

Etymology. ā + √yam > yām + *a; from √yam 'control, strive, end'; Sanskrit āyāma (stretching) [āyam]

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

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