සෙනා

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Noun[edit]

සෙනා f

  1. Sinhala script form of senā (“army”)
    • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)[1], page 558:
      භූතපුබ‍්බාහං
      භන‍්තෙ සෙනං අබභූය්‍යානො සමානො ඉමෙව ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා
      ථපතයො වීමංසමානො අඤ‍්ඤතරස‍්මිං සම‍්බාධෙ ආවසථෙ වාසං
      උපගඤ‍්ඡිං.
      Bhūtapubbāhaṃ
      bhante senaṃ abbhūyyāno samāno imeva isidattapurāṇā
      thapatayo vīmaṃsamāno aññatarasmiṃ sambādhe āvasathe vāsaṃ
      upagañchiṃ.
      Once, sir, while I was leading the army on campaign and at the same time testing these self-same chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa I took up residence in a certain cramped house.

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