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mohanaṁ

Mohana

neuter making dull or stupid, infatuation, enticement, allurement Snp.399 , Snp.772 (= mohanā vuccanti pañca kāmaguṇā Mnd.26 ). The Sk. meaning is also “sexual intercourse” (cp. Halāyudha p. 315), which may apply to the Snp p.ssages Snp-a.517 (on Snp.772 ) explains “mohanaṃ vuccati kāmaguṇā, ettha h

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neuter making dull or stupid, infatuation, enticement, allurement Snp.399, Snp.772 (= mohanā vuccanti pañca kāmaguṇā Mnd.26). The Sk. meaning is also “sexual intercourse” (cp. Halāyudha p. 315), which may apply to the Snp p.ssages Snp-a.517 (on Snp.772) explains “mohanaṃ vuccati kāmaguṇā, ettha hi deva-manussā muyhanti.”

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