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pahānā

pahāna

nt nom pl of pahāna (noun); nt instr sg of pahāna (noun); nt abl sg of pahāna (noun); nt voc sg of pahāna (noun); …

  1. giving up; letting go; removing; abandoning (of); lit. actively abandoning

Etymology. pa + √hā + ana; from √hā 'abandon'; Sanskrit prahāṇa [prahā]

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

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