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vajje

vajja

masc acc pl of vajja (ptp); nt acc pl of vajja (ptp); masc loc sg of vajja (ptp); nt loc sg of vajja (ptp); …

1. vajja (ptp): speaking; saying; lit. to be said
2. vajja (nt): fault; error; mistake (of); lit. to be avoided
3. vajja (ptp): which should be avoided
4. vajja (nt): musical instrument
5. vajjati (pr): (of a musical instrument) is played
6. vajjeti (pr): avoids; abstains (from); shuns

Etymology. √vad + ya > vajja; from √vad 'say, speak'; Sanskrit vādya [vad]

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

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