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paccantaṁ

Paccanta

adjective noun adj. adjoining, bordering on, neighbouring, adjacent Dhp.315 ; Ja.i.11 (v.47, ˚desa), Ja.i.377 (˚vāsika); Pv-a.201 (˚nagara); Dhp-a.iii.488 (id.); Sdhp.11 (˚visaya). (m.) the border, outskirts, neighbourhood Vin.i.73 ; Ja.i.126 (vihāra˚); Ja.ii.37 ; Mil.314 (˚e kupite in a border dist

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  • Dhammapada 1 · 1.9/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

adjective noun adj. adjoining, bordering on, neighbouring, adjacent Dhp.315; Ja.i.11 (v.47, ˚desa), Ja.i.377 (˚vāsika); Pv-a.201 (˚nagara); Dhp-a.iii.488 (id.); Sdhp.11 (˚visaya). (m.) the border, outskirts, neighbourhood Vin.i.73; Ja.i.126 (vihāra˚); Ja.ii.37; Mil.314 (˚e kupite in a border disturbance); Dhp-a.i.101 (id.); Pv-a.20 (id.). ˚ṃ vūpasāmeti to appease the border Pv-a.20
P. in sense of “heathen” at Vism.121.

paṭi + anta, cp. Sk. pratyanta

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.