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tacchā

Taccha

a carpenter, usually as ˚ka: otherwise only in cpd. -sūkara the carpenter-pig (= a boar, so called from felling trees), title & hero of Jātaka No. 492 ( Ja.iv.342 sq.). Cp. vaḍḍhakin. Vedic takṣan, cp. taṣṭṛ, to takṣati (see taccheti ), Lat. textor, Gr. τέκτων carpenter (cp. architect) τέξνη art

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a carpenter, usually as ˚ka: otherwise only in cpd. -sūkara the carpenter-pig (= a boar, so called from felling trees), title & hero of Jātaka No. 492 (Ja.iv.342 sq.). Cp. vaḍḍhakin.

Vedic takṣan, cp. taṣṭṛ, to takṣati (see taccheti), Lat. textor, Gr. τέκτων carpenter (cp. architect) τέξνη art

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