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Ara
the spoke of a wheel DN.ii.17 (sahass’ âra adj with thousand spokes), cp. Mil.285 ; Ja.iv.209 ; Ja.vi.261 ; Mil.238 ; Dhp-a.ii.142 ; Vv-a.106 (in allegorical etym of arahant = saṃsāra-cakkassa arānaṃ hatattā “breaker of the spokes of the wheel of transmigration”) = Pv-a.7 (has saṃsāra-vaṭṭassa); Vv-
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1. ارَ
the spoke of a wheel DN.ii.17 (sahass’ âra adj with thousand spokes), cp. Mil.285; Ja.iv.209; Ja.vi.261; Mil.238; Dhp-a.ii.142; Vv-a.106 (in allegorical etym of arahant = saṃsāra-cakkassa arānaṃ hatattā “breaker of the spokes of the wheel of transmigration”) = Pv-a.7 (has saṃsāra-vaṭṭassa); Vv-a.277.
Vedic ara fr. ṛ; ṛṇoti; see etym. under appeti & cp. more esp. Lat. artus limb, Gr.; α ̔́ρμα chariot, also P aṇṇava
2. Ārā
feminine an awl; see cp āragga. Perhaps a der. of ārā is āḷakā (q.v.).
Sk. ārâ; *ēl “pointed”, as in Ohg. āla = Ger. ahle, Ags. āēl = E awl; Oicel. alr
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