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sāmaññatā

fem nom sg of sāmaññatā (noun); fem nom pl of sāmaññatā (noun); fem acc pl of sāmaññatā (noun); fem instr sg of sāmaññatā (noun); …

1. devotion to ascetics; lit. devotion to ascetics state
2. congruity

Etymology. √sam > sām + aṇa + *ya + tā; from √sam 'exert, strive'; Sanskrit śrāmaṇyatā (bsk) [śram]

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

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