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jāṇussoṇi

masc nom sg of jāṇussoṇi (noun); masc voc sg of jāṇussoṇi (noun); masc voc sg of jāṇussoṇī (noun)

  1. jāṇussoṇi (masc): name of a rich Brahman
  2. jāṇussoṇī (masc): name of a rich Brahman

Analysis. jāṇu + ssoṇi, a compound proper name; jāṇu- relates to knee (jānu), and ssoṇi (vocative ssoṇe) is an agent noun from √suṇ 'to hear', hence 'one who hears', or a variant of Ssoṇi as a personal epithet. The name appears untranslatable as a unit—likely a brahmanical epithet or patronymic.

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

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