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garukāya

garuka

fem instr sg of garuka (adj); masc dat sg of garuka (adj); fem dat sg of garuka (adj); nt dat sg of garuka (adj); …

1. heavy; onerous; weighty
2. serious; grave; lit. heavy
3. respected; esteemed; given importance; lit. heavy
4. (of an offence) serious; heavy; (comm) two classes of offences, i.e. pārājika and saṅghādisesa

Etymology. √gar + u + ka; from √gar 'esteem, be heavy'; Sanskrit guruka [gur]

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

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