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pihayanti

pihayati

pr 3rd pl of pihayati (verb)

1. envies; is jealous (of); covets
2. desires, longs for, endeavours
3. admires (about); lit. envies

Etymology. pihaya + ti; from √pih 'desire, envy'; Sanskrit spṛhayati [spṛh]

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

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