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maccāna

macca

masc gen pl of macca (noun)

1. macca (masc): man; mortal man; lit. to be killed
2. maccāna (masc): of men; of mortal men

Etymology. √mar + tya; from √mar 'die'; Sanskrit martya [mṛ]

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

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