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ovarakaṁ

Ovaraka

neuter an inner room Vin.i.217 ; MN.i.253 ; Ja.i.391 (jāto varake T. to be read as jāt’ovarake i.e. the inner chamber where he was born, thus also at Vv-a.158 ); Vism.90 , Vism.431 ; Vv-a.304 (= gabbha). Deriv. uncertain. The Sk. apavaraka is some centuries later. The Sk. apavaraka forbidden or secr

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neuter an inner room Vin.i.217; MN.i.253; Ja.i.391 (jāto varake T. to be read as jāt’ovarake i.e. the inner chamber where he was born, thus also at Vv-a.158); Vism.90, Vism.431; Vv-a.304 (= gabbha).

Deriv. uncertain. The Sk. apavaraka is some centuries later. The Sk. apavaraka forbidden or secret room, Halāyudha “lying-in chamber”

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