masc nom sg of saupāyāsa (adj)
Etymology. sa + upa + ā + √yas > yās + *a; from √yas 'strive, struggle'; Sanskrit sa + upāyāsa (bsk) [āyas]
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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