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appāṇake

appāṇaka

masc acc pl of appāṇaka (adj); nt acc pl of appāṇaka (adj); masc loc sg of appāṇaka (adj); nt loc sg of appāṇaka (adj); …

1. (of water) with no living beings; lit. no breath
2. breathless; suffocating; asphyxiating; lit. no breath

Etymology. na > a + pa + √an + a + ka; from √an 'breathe, blow'; Sanskrit na + prāṇaka [prāṇ]

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

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