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anavasesadohī

masc nom sg of anavasesadohī (adj); masc nom pl of anavasesadohī (adj); fem nom sg of anavasesadohī (adj); nt nom pl of anavasesadohī (adj); …

1. who milks dry; lit. milking with no remainder
2. who has no restraint in accepting requisites; lit. milking with no remainder

Built from

• an- — prefix · not, without
  Negation. Stands before the vowel of avasésa as an- (before vowel).
• ava- — prefix · down, away
  Intensifies the sense of remainder being stripped away, cast off downward.
• sésa — stem · remainder, residue
  From √vas 'dwell, remain'; what stays behind.
• dohī — stem · milker, one who milks
  Feminine agent noun from √duh 'to milk' (cognate with English 'dairy', from Indo-European *dhugh-). The -ī ending marks feminine agent nouns, in agreement with doha.

Analysis. an- (without) + avasésa (remainder) + dohī (milking, feminine agent noun from √duh 'to milk'). 'One who milks with no remainder': the milker who leaves nothing behind. In the canon, applied to one greedy for or unrestrained in accepting alms-food and requisites.

Etymology. Compound of a-vasésa 'without remainder' (a- negation + vasésa from √vas 'dwell, remain') and dohī 'milker' (feminine agent from √duh 'milk', cognate with English 'dairy', Greek θήγειν 'to sharpen'). The prefix an- (before vowel of avasésa) is the regular Pali form of a- 'not, without'.

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

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