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nirayakassa

nirayaka

masc dat sg of nirayaka (adj); nt dat sg of nirayaka (adj); masc gen sg of nirayaka (adj); nt gen sg of nirayaka (adj)

  1. hellish; god-awful; diabolical; lit. related to hell

Etymology. nir + √i > ay + *a + ka; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit niraya [i]

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

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