1. امَرَ
adjective not mortal, not subject to death Thag.276; Snp.249 (= amara-bhāva-patthanatāya pavatta-kāya-kilesa Snp-a.291); Ja.v.80 (= amaraṇa-sabhāva) Ja.v.218; Dāvs v.62.
a + mara from mṛ.
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amarā
Amara
adjective not mortal, not subject to death Thag.276 ; Snp.249 (= amara-bhāva-patthanatāya pavatta-kāya-kilesa Snp-a.291 ); Ja.v.80 (= amaraṇa-sabhāva) Ja.v.218 ; Dāvs v.62 . a + mara from mṛ .
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2. Amarā
? a kind of slippery fish, an eel (?) Only in expression amarā-vikkhepika eel-wobbler, one who practices eel-wriggling, fr. ˚vikkhepa “oscillation like the a. fish” In English idiom “a man who sits on the fence” DN.i.24; MN.i.521; Pts.i.155. The expln. given by Bdhgh at DN-a.i.115 is “amarā nāma maccha-jāti, sā ummujjana-nimmujjan-ādi vasena… gahetuṃ na sakkoti” etc. This meaning is not beyond doubt, but Kern’s expln.Toevoegselen 71 does not help to clear it up.
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