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upadhī

upadhi

masc nom pl of upadhi (noun); masc acc pl of upadhi (noun); masc voc pl of upadhi (noun)

1. attachment; taking as mine; appropriation; acquisition; sense of ownership; identification; lit. placing near
2. essential ground of existence, substrate of being; lit. placing near

Etymology. upa + √dhā + i; from √dhā 'place, support'; Sanskrit upadhi [upadhā]

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

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