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Longuest pali compound word

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In the series of silly topics, here is quite a long word:

naccagītavāditavisūkadassanamālāgandhavilepanadhāraṇamaṇḍanavibhūsanaṭṭhānā
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Dukkhanirodha wrote:In the series of silly topics, here is quite a long word:

naccagītavāditavisūkadassanamālāgandhavilepanadhāraṇamaṇḍanavibhūsanaṭṭhānā
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What does it mean?
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Was this actually in a text?

I'm sure you could artificially cook up some enormous compounds if you wanted to, but those are less fun than "wild" ones.

Either way, I like it.
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Hello all,

It's here:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... gle.com.au" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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cooran wrote: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... gle.com.au" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
In the Book of Eights in that link and also in the Threes: http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... %28Pali%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Unfortunately, I don't have access to my PTS English translation (in boxes right now) so can't look it up by the passage number to see what it means.
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I think it is a part of the 7th precept: "dancing, singing, music, watching shows, wearing garlands, beautifying myself with perfumes and cosmetics".
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wiemingang wrote:I think it is a part of the 7th precept: "dancing, singing, music, watching shows, wearing garlands, beautifying myself with perfumes and cosmetics".
Good job. I didn't notice it, since there are no hyphens in that long word!

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Nacca-gita-vadita-visukkadassana mala-gandha-vilepana-dharana-mandana-vibhusanathana (veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami)
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