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pacanto

pacanta

masc nom sg of pacanta (prp); masc nom pl of pacanta (prp); masc voc pl of pacanta (prp); nt voc pl of pacanta (prp)

1. torturing; tormenting; lit. cooking
2. cooking
3. (of a bowl) blackening

Etymology. paca + nta; from √pac 'cook, mature, ripen'; Sanskrit pacat [pac]

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

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