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sakkassa

sakka

masc dat sg of sakka (ptp); nt dat sg of sakka (ptp); masc gen sg of sakka (ptp); nt gen sg of sakka (ptp); …

1. able; capable; proficient; lit. to be able
2. name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
3. Sakyan; man of the Sakyan race

Etymology. √sak + ya; from √sak 'be able, be powerful'; Sanskrit śakya [śak]

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

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