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maddavāni

maddava

nt nom pl of maddava (adj); nt acc pl of maddava (adj); nt voc pl of maddava (adj); nt nom pl of maddava (noun); …

1. withered; shrivelled; lit. soft
2. mild, gentle, soft
3. softness; mildness; gentleness; humility
4. soft thing

Etymology. √mud > madd + u > av + *a; from √mud 'be soft, be happy'; Sanskrit mārdava (softness) [mud]

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

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