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vacchāyano

vacchāyana

masc nom sg of vacchāyana (noun)

1. family name of the wandering ascetic Pilotika; lit. descendent of Vaccha

Etymology. vaccha + āyana; Sanskrit vātsyāyana

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

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