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kisaṁ

Kisa

adjective lean, haggard, emaciated, opp. thūla fat ( Vv-a.103 ). As Ep of ascetics Snp.165 , Dhp.395 = Thag.243 ; esp. as epithet of petas: Pv.ii.1#13 ; Snp.426 , Snp.585 ; Sdhp.101 ; Mil.303 For phrase kisa-dhamani-santhata see the latter. Sk. kṛśa, perhaps to Lat. gracilis, slim

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adjective lean, haggard, emaciated, opp. thūla fat (Vv-a.103). As Ep of ascetics Snp.165, Dhp.395 = Thag.243; esp. as epithet of petas: Pv.ii.1#13; Snp.426, Snp.585; Sdhp.101; Mil.303 For phrase kisa-dhamani-santhata see the latter.

Sk. kṛśa, perhaps to Lat. gracilis, slim

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