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sauddesaṁ

sauddesa

accusative singular neuter of sauddesa (possibly a variant or corrupted form; closest attested form is sauddesa, a compound noun meaning 'own region' or 'appropriate place')

1. own region
2. appropriate place
3. proper domain

Built from

• sa — prefix · own, one's
  Pali intensifier from sama- 'same'; marks possession or belonging to the subject itself.
• uddesa — stem · region, topic, place
  From ud- 'out' + √dis 'point, show', literally 'what is shown forth' or 'designated place'; accusative forms the grammatical object.
• -aṁ — ending · accusative singular neuter
  Marks the word as a neuter accusative singular, functioning as direct object or goal of motion.

Analysis. sauddesa < sa- (own, one's own) + uddesa (region, topic, designation), a compound meaning 'one's own designated region or place'; the accusative neuter singular -aṁ marks the direct object or goal.

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

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