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alikaṁ

Alika

adjective contrary, false, untrue SN.i.189 ; Ja.iii.198 ; Ja.vi.361 ; Mil.26 , Mil.99 ■ nt. -ṃ a lie, falsehood Dhp.264 . - vādin one who tells a lie, a liar Dhp.223 = Vv-a.69 (has alīka˚); Ja.ii.4 ; Snp-a.478 (for abhūta-vādin Snp.661 ). Sk. alīka

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Dhammapada 1 · 1.9/10k
Sutta Nipata 2 · 0.99/10k
Digha Nikaya 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

1. الِكَ

adjective contrary, false, untrue SN.i.189; Ja.iii.198; Ja.vi.361; Mil.26, Mil.99
■ nt. -ṃ a lie, falsehood Dhp.264.

-vādin one who tells a lie, a liar Dhp.223 = Vv-a.69 (has alīka˚); Ja.ii.4; Snp-a.478 (for abhūta-vādin Snp.661).

Sk. alīka

2. Ālika

in saccālika at SN.iv.306 is sacc˚alika distortion of truth, falsehood SN.iv.306.

3. Āḷika

at AN.iii.352, AN.iii.384 (an˚) is preferably to be read āḷhika, see āḷhaka.

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