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ghamma

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Pali

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Noun

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ghamma n

  1. The Pali root ghamm
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1] (overall work in Pali), page 296; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      गमुस्स घम्मं॥२०॥
      गमु इच्चेतस्स धातुस्स सब्बस्स घम्मादेसो होति वा।
      20. Gamussa ghammaṃ.
      Gamu iccetassa dhātussa sabbassa ghammādeso hoti vā.
      'Ghamm' from 'gam'.
      'Gam': every instance of this root may be changed 'to ghamm'.

Usage notes

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The root appears not to be used in any words.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 146.