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cāgā

cāga

masc nom pl of cāga (noun); masc instr sg of cāga (noun); masc abl sg of cāga (noun); masc voc sg of cāga (noun); …

  1. giving up; relinquishing; abandoning
  2. generosity; sharing; liberality

Etymology. √caj > cāg + *a; from √caj 'give up, let go'; Sanskrit tyāga [tyaj]

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

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