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Abhimatthati

(˚eti) & -mantheti to cleave, cut; to crush, destroy MN.i.243 (sikharena muddhānaṃ ˚mantheti); SN.i.127 ; Dhp.161 (variant reading ˚nth˚); Ja.iv.457 (matthako sikharena ˚matthiyamāno) Dhp-a.iii.152 (= kantati viddhaṃseti). to rub, to produce by friction (esp. fire, aggiṃ; cp. Vedic agniṃ nirmanthati

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(˚eti) & -mantheti

  1. to cleave, cut; to crush, destroy MN.i.243 (sikharena muddhānaṃ ˚mantheti); SN.i.127; Dhp.161 (variant reading ˚nth˚); Ja.iv.457 (matthako sikharena ˚matthiyamāno) Dhp-a.iii.152 (= kantati viddhaṃseti).
  2. to rub, to produce by friction (esp. fire, aggiṃ; cp. Vedic agniṃ nirmanthati) MN.i.240.

abhi + math or manth, cp. nimmatheti

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.