Pāli Dictionary
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Compound structure

analyses: 2

vānavāsa
  1. vāna

    craving, desire (a poetic/doctrinal term related to taṇhā; folk etymology of nibbāna as ‘free from vāna’)

  2. vāsa

    living; dwelling; residing; a stay or sojourn (e.g. in a place, or for the rains retreat)

vānaavāsa
  1. vāna

    craving, desire (a poetic/doctrinal term related to taṇhā; folk etymology of nibbāna as ‘free from vāna’)

  2. avāsa

    non-residence; eviction; the state of not dwelling (in a place)

Encyclopedia

  • A district of South India, probably Northern Kanara, converted after the Third Council by Rakkhita Thera, who taught the Anamatagga Saṃyutta while floating in the air.

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