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samaṇaka

Samaṇaka

adjective endowed with mind AN.ii.48 (text, samaṇaka); SN.i.62 . sa 3 + mana + ka

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1. صَمَنَكَ

adjective endowed with mind AN.ii.48 (text, samaṇaka); SN.i.62.

sa3 + mana + ka

2. Samaṇaka

a contemptible (little) ascetic, “some sort of samaṇa” DN.i.90; MN.ii.47, MN.ii.210; Snp.p.21; Mil.222; DN-a.i.254. At AN.ii.48 samaṇaka is a slip for sasanaka. Cp. muṇḍaka in form & meaning.

samaṇa + ka

3. Sāmaṇaka

adjective worthy of or needful for a Samaṇa Mhvs.4, Mhvs.26; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.37; assāmaṇaka unworthy of a Samaṇa Vin.i.45.

fr. samaṇa

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