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pāmokkhā

Pamokkha

discharging, launching, letting loose, gushing out; in phrases itivāda˚ pouring out gossip MN.i.133 ; SN.v.73 ; AN.ii.26 ; DN-a.i.21 ; and caravāda˚ id. SN.iii.12 ; SN.v.419 . release deliverance SN.i.2 ; Pv-a.103 (pamutti +); abl pamokkhā for the release of, i.e. instead of (gen. Ja.v.30 (pituno p.

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1. Pَمْككهَ

  1. discharging, launching, letting loose, gushing out; in phrases itivāda˚ pouring out gossip MN.i.133; SN.v.73; AN.ii.26; DN-a.i.21; and caravāda˚ id. SN.iii.12; SN.v.419.
  2. release deliverance SN.i.2; Pv-a.103 (pamutti +); abl pamokkhā for the release of, i.e. instead of (gen. Ja.v.30 (pituno p. = pamokkha-hetu C.).

fr. pa + muc, see pamuñcati

2. Pāmokkha

adjective

  1. chief, first, excellent eminent, (m.) a leader
    ■ AN.ii.168 (sanga sa˚); Pp.69 Pp.70; Mil.75 (hatthi˚ state elephant). disā˚ worldfamed Ja.i.166, Ja.i.285; Ja.ii.278; Ja.vi.347
    ■ Freq. in series agga seṭṭha pāmokkha attama, in exegesis of mahā (at Cnd.502 A e.g. , when AN.ii.95 reads mokkha for p.). See mahā. defined as “pamukhe sādhū ti” at Vb-a.332.
  2. facing east Pv.iv.3#53 (= pācīna-dis âbhimukha).

a grd. form. fr. pamukha, with lengthening of a as frequently in similar forms like pāṭidesanīya pāṭimokkha, pāmojja

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