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saṅkilesāya

saṅkilesa

masc dat sg of saṅkilesa (noun)

  1. defilement; impurity; corruption (of)

Etymology. saṃ + √kilis > kiles + *a; from √kilis 'be dirty, be molested'; Sanskrit saṃkleśa [saṃkliś]

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

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