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aññatarā

Aññatara

pron. adj. one of a certain number, a certain, somebody, some; often used (like eka ) as indef. article “a”. Very frequent, e.g. Snp.35 , Snp.210 ; Iti.103 ; Dhp.137 , Dhp.157 ; Ja.i.221 , Ja.i.253 ; Ja.ii.132 etc. devaññatara a certain god, i.e. any kind of god SN.iv.180 = AN.iv.461 . Sk. anyatara, …

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pron. adj. one of a certain number, a certain, somebody, some; often used (like eka) as indef. article “a”. Very frequent, e.g. Snp.35, Snp.210; Iti.103; Dhp.137, Dhp.157; Ja.i.221, Ja.i.253; Ja.ii.132 etc. devaññatara a certain god, i.e. any kind of god SN.iv.180 = AN.iv.461.

Sk. anyatara, añña + compar. suff. tara, cp. Lat. alter, Goth. anpar etc.

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