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vasalaṁ

Vasala

an outcaste; a low person, wretch; adj. vile, foul Vin.ii.221 ; Snp.116 – Snp.136 ; Ja.iv.388 ; Snp-a.183 , -f. vasalī outcaste wretched woman SN.i.160 ; Ja.iv.121 , Ja.iv.375 ; Dhp-a.i.189 ; Dhp-a.iii.119 ; Dhp-a.iv.162 ; Vv-a.260 . -ādhama = ˚dhamma Snp.135 . - dhamma vile conduct Ja.ii.180 . - vā

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an outcaste; a low person, wretch; adj. vile, foul Vin.ii.221; Snp.116Snp.136; Ja.iv.388; Snp-a.183, -f. vasalī outcaste wretched woman SN.i.160; Ja.iv.121, Ja.iv.375; Dhp-a.i.189; Dhp-a.iii.119; Dhp-a.iv.162; Vv-a.260.

  • -ādhama = ˚dhamma Snp.135.
  • -dhamma vile conduct Ja.ii.180.
  • -vāda foul talk Ud.28; Snp-a.347.
  • -sutta the suttanta on outcasts Snp.116 sq. (p, 21 sq.), commented on at Snp-a.174 sq., Snp-a.289.

Vedic vṛṣala, Dimin. of vṛṣan, lit. “little man”

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