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mahāsamaṇa

masc voc sg of mahāsamaṇa (noun)

1. great ascetic; epithet of the Buddha

Etymology. mahā + samaṇa; Sanskrit mahāśramaṇa

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

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