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duppaṭimantiyā

duppaṭimantiya

masc nom pl of duppaṭimantiya (adj); fem nom sg of duppaṭimantiya (adj); fem nom pl of duppaṭimantiya (adj); nt nom pl of duppaṭimantiya (adj); …

  1. hard to argue with; difficult to debate; lit. difficult to be answered

Etymology. dur + pati + √mant + iya; from √mant 'counsel, invite'; Sanskrit dus + pratimantrayitavya [pratimantr]

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

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