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Abhisattha means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAbhisattha, (pp. of abhisaṃsati) cursed, accursed Th.1, 118 “old age falls on her as if it had been cursed upon her” (that is, laid upon her by a curse). Morris J P T S. 1886, 145 gives the commentator’s equivalents, “commanded, worked by a charm”. This is a curious idiom. Any European would say that the woman herself, not the old age, was accursed. But the whole verse is a riddle and Kern’s translation (Toev. s. v.) “hurried up” seems to us impossible. (Page 70)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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