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sakko

sakka

masc nom sg of sakka (ptp); masc nom sg of sakka (noun)

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. 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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