snigdhaka (17447)

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snigdhaka
Entry 17447, Page 611, Col. 2
(snigDaka, snigDaka)
snigdhaka¦, adj. (cf. Pali ati-siniddhaka, acc. pl. °ke, very loving friends, Mahāvaṃsa 36.44, acc. to PTS ed., where Turnour read -sinehake, which is quoted by PTSD as well as Childers; cf. snehaka which replaces this word in Divy 38.24, 31; = Skt. snigdha; endearing dim. -ka?), affectionate, gentle, kind: (bhadrakā…) °kā vata Śroṇā- parāntakā manuṣyā(ḥ) Divy 38.16 (prose).