vanitā

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Either inherited from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā, woman), or a common Middle Indic formation from the root van as the feminine of the unattested past participle of vanati (to desire).

Noun

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vanitā f

  1. woman[1]

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 549.