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Pisuṇaṁ

Pisuṇa

adjective backbiting, calumnious, malicious MN.iii.33 , MN.iii.49 ; Ja.i.297 Pp.57 ; Pv-a.15 , Pv-a.16 . Usually combined with vācā malicious speech, slander, pisuṇavācā and pisuṇāvācā DN.i.4 DN.i.138 ; DN.iii.70 sq., DN.iii.171 , DN.iii.232 , DN.iii.269 ; MN.i.362 ; MN.iii.23 ; adj pisuṇāvāca & MN.

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What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

adjective backbiting, calumnious, malicious MN.iii.33, MN.iii.49; Ja.i.297 Pp.57; Pv-a.15, Pv-a.16. Usually combined with vācā malicious speech, slander, pisuṇavācā and pisuṇāvācā DN.i.4 DN.i.138; DN.iii.70 sq., DN.iii.171, DN.iii.232, DN.iii.269; MN.i.362; MN.iii.23; adj pisuṇāvāca & MN.iii.22, MN.iii.48; SN.ii.167; Pp.39
Cp pesuna.

Vedic piśuṇa, see etym. under pisāca

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