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vammikasuttaṁ

vammikasutta

accusative singular neuter of vammikasutta (noun); the Vammika Sutta, a discourse in the Pali canon (SN 5.6)

  1. the Sermon on the Ant-Hill
  2. a discourse teaching how one should abandon the five hindrances

Analysis. vammika 'ant-hill' (from vamma 'ant' + -ika suffix) + sutta 'discourse, thread'; the sutta named after the metaphor of an ant-hill, used by the Buddha to illustrate the removal of hindrances.

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

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