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nigamassa

nigama

masc dat sg of nigama (noun); masc gen sg of nigama (noun); nt dat sg of nigama (noun); nt gen sg of nigama (noun)

1. town; market town; lit. going down
2. town; market town; lit. going down

Etymology. ni + √gam + a; from √gam 'go'; Sanskrit nigama [nigam]

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

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