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āyasmatā

āyasmant

masc instr sg of āyasmant (noun); masc abl sg of āyasmant (noun); masc instr sg of āyasmant (adj); nt instr sg of āyasmant (adj); …

1. sir; venerable; reverend; lit. having age quality
2. venerable; respectable; lit. having long life quality

Etymology. ā + √i > ay + *as + mant; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit āyuṣmat [e]

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

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