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padhānāya

padhāna

nt dat sg of padhāna (noun); fem instr sg of padhāna (adj); masc dat sg of padhāna (adj); fem dat sg of padhāna (adj); …

1. making effort; exerting; striving; trying (to); lit. placing forward
2. chief; foremost; eminent; lit. placing forward
3. control; lit. placing forward
4. Basic Principle in Sāṃkhya system; lit. placing forward

Etymology. pa + √dhā + ana; from √dhā 'place, support'; Sanskrit pradhāna (bsk), praṇidhāna [pradhā]

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

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