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සනන‍්තනො

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සනන‍්තනො

  1. Sinhala script form of sanantano, nominative singular masculine of සනන‍්තන (sanantana, perpetual)
    • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
      5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
      අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.
      5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
      Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.
      5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
      but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.
      (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
      but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.
      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)