Pali word association game

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Nāṭaka and naṭa - actor, dancer
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turiyavādaka also sometimes gandhabba (musician)
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Kāma - sensual desire, pleasure
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kāmāsā also sometimes taṇhā (lust)
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upādāna - identification
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sevana (association)
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Paṇḍita - wise
Asevana ca balanam
Panditananca sevana
Puja ca puja-niyanam
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Oleksandr wrote:Paṇḍita - wise
Asevana ca balanam
Panditananca sevana
Puja ca puja-niyanam
Etam mangalam uttamam
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matimantu (intelligent)
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Bāhusacca - profound knowledge
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ñāṇadassana (perfect knowledge)
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yathābhūtaŋ - as is
yathābhūtaŋ ñāṇadassanaŋ - seeing (dassana) as (yathā) is (bhūtaŋ) with wisdom (ñāṇa)
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Oleksandr wrote:yathābhūtaŋ - as is
yathābhūtaŋ ñāṇadassanaŋ - seeing (dassana) as (yathā) is (bhūtaŋ) with wisdom (ñāṇa)
Nice word, sounds like (but not) Bhutan, the country.

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paṇṇākara (present)
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David N. Snyder wrote:paṇṇākara (present)
This seems to be a strange word:
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philol ... :1428.pali" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philol ... :2552.pali" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Paṇṇa - leaf, writing "paper"
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