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averena

avera

masc instr sg of avera (adj); nt instr sg of avera (adj); nt instr sg of avera (noun)

1. kind; friendly; peaceful; free of ill-will; without animosity
2. kindness; friendliness; lit. not hatred

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. The prefix negates the following element, as in avijjā 'non-knowing'.
• vera — root · hatred, ill-will
  Related to √vṛ 'to turn, twist'; vera is the turning-away of animosity. The morpheme itself denotes the negative emotional state being negated.

Etymology. a- (prefix, 'not, without') + vera (hatred, from √vṛ 'to turn, twist'); cognate with Latin verus 'true' in its root sense of 'turning/twisting toward', but vera in Pali denotes the twisted, hostile turning-away of hate. The prefix a- strips away this negativity, leaving the positive state of friendliness.

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

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