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kaṇhā

kaṇha

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

1. dark; black
2. bad; evil; wrong
3. dark one; black one; evil one; epithet of Māra
4. name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. black

Etymology. Sanskrit kṛṣṇa

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

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