masc instr sg of saṇḍāsa (noun)
Etymology. saṃ + √ḍaṃs > ḍās + *a; from √ḍaṃs 'bite, sting'; Sanskrit saṃdaṃśa [saṃdaṃś]
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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