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sekhāya

sekha

masc dat sg of sekha (noun); fem instr sg of sekha (adj); masc dat sg of sekha (adj); fem dat sg of sekha (adj); …

1. trainee; apprentice; learner; initiate; (comm) seven stages of a noble person before arahantship
2. of a trainee; belonging to an apprentice; of a learner

Etymology. √sikkh > sekh + *a; from √sikkh 'learn, train'; Sanskrit śaikṣa [śikṣ]

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

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