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sakko

sakka

nominative singular masculine

1. able, capable, competent
2. the god Indra (as proper noun)
3. possible, feasible

Etymology. from root *sak- (to be able, to have power), cognate with Sanskrit śakta; the theonymic sense (Sakka = Indra) is a proper application of the adjective meaning 'the mighty one'

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

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