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āvuso

Āvuso

(voc. pl. m.) friend, a form of polite address “friend, brother Sir”, usually in conversation between bhikkhus. The grammatical construction is with the pl. of the verb, like bhavaṃ and bhavanto ■ Vin.ii.302 ; DN.i.151 , DN.i.157 ; DN.ii.8 ; Snp-a.227 ; Dhp-a.i.9 ; Dhp-a.ii.93 ; Pv-a.12 , Pv-a.13 , …

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(voc. pl. m.) friend, a form of polite address “friend, brother Sir”, usually in conversation between bhikkhus. The grammatical construction is with the pl. of the verb, like bhavaṃ and bhavanto
Vin.ii.302; DN.i.151, DN.i.157; DN.ii.8; Snp-a.227; Dhp-a.i.9; Dhp-a.ii.93; Pv-a.12, Pv-a.13, Pv-a.38, Pv-a.208.

a contracted form of āyusmanto pl. of āyusman, of which the regular Pāli form is āyasmant with v for y as frequently in Pāli, e.g. āvudha for āyudha

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