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vejayantaṁ

vejayanta

accusative singular masculine of vejayanta (noun)

  1. Vejayanta (the celestial tree in Indra's heaven)
  2. the tree that grants wishes

Analysis. A proper noun (name of Indra's divine tree), possibly ancient Sanskrit *vējayantas (from vēya 'weaving' or 'spreading' + ayant- 'moving'), or a Pali reinterpretation of an older cosmological term. The word appears in the Dīghanikāya as the name of the magnificent tree in Tāvatiṁsa heaven.

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

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