Pāli Dictionary
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Compound structure

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soṇadinnā
  1. soṇa

    dog; hound

  2. dinnādinna

    given; offered; granted; allowed; (as noun) a gift, alms, what is given

soṇiadinnā
  1. soṇisoṇī

    a bitch; a female dog

  2. adinnāadinna

    not given; taken without permission; belonging to another (frequently used in the context of stealing or ‘adinnādāna’)

soṇaadinnā
  1. soṇa

    dog; hound

  2. adinnāadinna

    not given; taken without permission; belonging to another (frequently used in the context of stealing or ‘adinnādāna’)

Encyclopedia

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  • A devout lay disciple of Nāḷandā who became a stream-enterer upon hearing the Buddha teach and, after death, was reborn in Tāvatiṃsa, where Mahā-Moggallāna learned her story.

Soṇadinna
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  • A deity with seven mansions in Tāvatiṃsa, whose past life as a generous householder who built hermitages for holy men in Kassapa Buddha’s time was explained to King Nimi by his charioteer Mātali.

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