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अल्पास्वाद (alpAsvAda)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
alpāsvāda, adj. (subst.? = Pali appassāda), affording little pleasure, in Mv 〔i.121.4〕 perhaps subst., a sort of kenning for kāma (the Pali word is often an epithet of kāma, and sometimes seems to be a substitute for it). The Mv line (vs) is corrupt
perhaps alpāsvāda-nibaddho (or read °dhā?) means kāma-nibaddho
in the second half line surely lokā vartenti dāruṇāḥ is intended, rather than Senartʼs em.
as adj., e.g. Divy 〔41.26〕 (mahāsamudro) 'lpāsvādo bahvādīnavas.