a-, an- (1)

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a-, an-
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(a, a-, an-)
a-, an-¦, negative prefix: (1) prefixed to finite verbs, as rarely in Skt. (Renou p. 175) but rather often in Pali (CPD s.v. 7); here not common: apaśyanti SP 324.2; anatikramāmo Mv ii.80.8; anicchiyati (?) Mv iii.295.18; see § 23.17; (2) in sense described for Pali in CPD s.v. 2, a cpd. in a- following the same word without a-, and preceding a form of kṛ: samitim asamitiṃ kṛtvā Divy 41.10, lit. making the assembly no assembly, i.e. quitting the assembly; tasya vacanam avacanaṃ kṛtvā Divy 41.28, disregarding his advice. See an-a-.

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