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dhonaṁ

Dhona

adjective noun purified MN.i.386 ; Snp.351 , Snp.786 , Snp.813 , Snp.834 (= dhutakilesa Snp-a.542 ); Ja.iii.160 (˚sākha = patthaṭasākha Com.; variant reading BB vena˚); Mnd.77 = Mnd.176 (: dhonā vuccati paññā etc., dhuta & dhota used indiscriminately in exegesis following). (pl. the four requisites

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adjective noun

  1. purified MN.i.386; Snp.351, Snp.786, Snp.813, Snp.834 (= dhutakilesa Snp-a.542); Ja.iii.160 (˚sākha = patthaṭasākha Com.; variant reading BB vena˚); Mnd.77 = Mnd.176 (: dhonā vuccati paññā etc., dhuta & dhota used indiscriminately in exegesis following).
  2. (pl. the four requisites of a bhikkhu Dhp-a.iii.344 (: dhonā vuccati cattāro paccayā, in Com. on atidhonacārin Dhp.240; gloss K. dhovanā, cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1887 100).

either = dhota, Sk. dhauta, see dhovati or = dhuta, see dhuta & dhunana. Quite a diff. suggestion as regards etym. is given by Kern, Toevoegselen 117 who considers it as a possible dern fr. adho, after analogy of poṇa. Very doubtful

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