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dukkhassantaṁ

accusative singular masculine (contraction)

  1. the end of suffering
  2. cessation of dukkha

Analysis. dukkha (suffering) + anta (end) + m (accusative singular); a compound form with elision and sandhi: dukkhasya anta-m (of-suffering end-accusative) → dukkhassanta-m → dukkhassantaṁ. In doctrinal discourse, the "end of suffering" refers to nibbāna itself, the supreme goal of the Buddhist path.

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

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