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Pesala
adjective lovable, pleasant, well-behaved amiable SN.i.149 ; SN.ii.387 ; AN.iv.22 ; AN.v.170 ; Snp.678 ; Snp.p.124 ; Mil.373 ; Sdhp.621 . Often as epithet of a good bhikkhu, e.g. at SN.i.187 ; Vin.i.170 ; Vin.ii.241 ; Ja.iv.70 ; Vv-a.206 ; Pv-a.13 , Pv-a.268 . cp. Epic Sk. peśala; Bdhgh’s pop. etym.
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adjective lovable, pleasant, well-behaved amiable SN.i.149; SN.ii.387; AN.iv.22; AN.v.170; Snp.678; Snp.p.124; Mil.373; Sdhp.621. Often as epithet of a good bhikkhu, e.g. at SN.i.187; Vin.i.170; Vin.ii.241; Ja.iv.70; Vv-a.206; Pv-a.13, Pv-a.268.
cp. Epic Sk. peśala; Bdhgh’s pop. etym. at Snp-a.475 is “piya-sīla”
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