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nikāmayati

pr 3rd sg of nikāmayati (verb)

1. takes pleasure (in); wants more (of); lit. desires down

Etymology. ni + kāmaya + ti; from √kam 'desire'; Sanskrit nikāmayati [nikam]

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

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