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अशोकाह्वय (azokAhvaya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
(aśokāhvaya, ) with ‘hiatus-bridging m’ (m.c.) aśokam-āhvaya, adj., of auspicious name: voc. °ya Mv 〔i.68.3〕 (vs)
so mss., addressed by Kāśyapa to Aniruddha
for this mg. of aśoka cf. aśoka-bhāṇḍa(ka). Senart em. aśeṣam āhvaya, but does not indicate how he interprets āhvaya, which in both Skt. and Pali (avhaya) is used [Page081-a] chiefly at the end of cpds. meaning having (as) name.