āma (2820)

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āma
Entry 2820, Page 99, Col. 2
(Ama, Ama<h>2)
2 āma¦, m., defined in ŚsP as = religious longings (lit. thirsts; could the word be connected with Skt. Lex. āma, m., disease? i.e. pathological state?): ŚsP 486.4--5 …mahāsattvasyāmaḥ; 7 āmaḥ, dharmatṛṣṇāḥ; 14--15, 22, etc., dharmatṛṣṇā āmaḥ. See s.v. mūdhāma.