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sovacassatā

fem nom sg of sovacassatā (noun); fem nom pl of sovacassatā (noun); fem acc pl of sovacassatā (noun); fem instr sg of sovacassatā (noun); …

1. suavity; gentleness; courteousness; lit. easy to speak to state
2. docility; obedience; amenability to instruction; lit. easy to speak to state

Etymology. su > so + √vac + as + *ya + tā; from √vac 'say, speak'; Sanskrit su + vacasya + [vac]

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

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