Alternative spellings of this word include Anuchchhavika.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

anucchavika : (adj.) suitable; proper; befitting.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Anucchavika, (& °ya) (adj.) (anu + chavi + ka) “according to one’s skin”, befitting, suitable, proper, pleasing, fit for, J.I, 58, 62, 126, 218; II, 5; IV, 137, 138; Miln.358; DhA.I, 203, 390; II, 55, 56; VvA.68, 78; PvA.13, 26 (= kappiya), 66, 81, 286. anucchaviya at Vin.II, 7 (an°); III, 120 (id. + ananulomika); Miln.13. (Page 35)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ānucchavika (आनुच्छविक).—adj. (= Pali anu°), suitable, conformable, appropriate: Mahāvyutpatti 7175; 7019; Bodhisattvabhūmi 145.22 °kair aupayikaiḥ pratirūpaiḥ…°saṃbhāraiḥ.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Full-text: Tajja, Kappiya.

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