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taṇhāto

taṇhā

fem abl sg of taṇhā (noun)

1. craving; wanting; desire (for); lit. thirst
2. attachment (to); love (for); lit. thirst
3. name of one of the three daughters of Death; lit. thirst
4. thirst

Etymology. taṇhā + ā; from √tas 'thirst'; Sanskrit tṛṣṇā [tṛṣ]

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

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