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asaṭho

asaṭha

masc nom sg of asaṭha (adj)

1. honest; sincere; not devious; not deceitful

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• saṭha — root · deceit, crookedness
  Denotes twisted or fraudulent conduct; the root imagery suggests bending or turning away from the straight path.

Etymology. a- (not) + saṭha (deceit, crookedness). Sanskrit saṭha denotes crooked or fraudulent conduct; the word is built on a root suggesting twisting or bending. English cognates are distant, but the prefix a- (without) negates the quality of deviousness, yielding the sense of straightforwardness.

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

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