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pāvārikambavane

pāvārikambavana

nt acc pl of pāvārikambavana (noun); nt loc sg of pāvārikambavana (noun)

1. name of a monastery; lit. wool dealer's mango grove

Built from

• pāvārika — stem · wool dealer
  From pāva (wool, cotton) + -ika (agent suffix), forming a noun for one who deals in woolen goods. Related to Sanskrit pāva- (cotton, wool).
• amba — root · mango tree
  Sanskrit amba, from an old Indo-European root; cognate with Greek ambe (variant forms); the fruit name spread widely in ancient trade languages.
• vana — root · forest, grove
  Sanskrit vana, from Indo-European *wen- (to dwell, abide). Cognates: English wen (a dwelling place, archaic), Sanskrit vasati (dwells). The root captures the sense of a place where one dwells among trees.

Analysis. pāvārika ('wool dealer') + amba ('mango') + vana ('grove'): a grove of mango trees belonging to a wool merchant, famous as the site of the Pāvārika monastery where the Buddha frequently stayed.

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

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