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devadahaṁ

devadaha

accusative singular masculine of devadaha (a place name)

  1. Devadaha (city in northern India, birthplace of Queen Māyā)

Analysis. A proper noun (place name); deva (divine) + daha (lake or water); Devadaha is celebrated in the canon as the city where the Buddha's mother Queen Māyā was born and where she conceived the Buddha.

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

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