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sāsane

sāsana

nt acc pl of sāsana (noun); nt loc sg of sāsana (noun)

1. message; letter; lit. instructing
2. teaching; instruction; lit. instructing
3. religion; monastic order; lit. instructing

Etymology. √sās + ana; from √sās 'order, instruct'; Sanskrit śāsana [śās]

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

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