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ahitāya

ahita

fem instr sg of ahita (pp); masc dat sg of ahita (pp); fem dat sg of ahita (pp); nt dat sg of ahita (pp); …

1. ahita (pp): not good; unbeneficial; harmful
2. ahita (masc): bad person; unfriendly person; enemy
3. ahita (nt): harm; damage; disadvantage; misfortune; lit. not supported
4. ahitāya (nt): unbeneficial; harmful (for); lit. for the harm (of)

Etymology. na > a + √dhā > (da)h + ita; from √dhā 'place, support'; Sanskrit ahita [dhā]

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

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