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नापिनी (nApinI)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
nāpinī, woman of the barber caste: Divy 〔370.1, 3〕. [Page293-a] One might be tempted to assume a misreading for Skt. nāpitī. But note Pali nahāminī, Pv 〔iii.1.13〕, repeated in comm. 〔176.1〕 with gloss kappaka-jātikā. Our word looks like confirmation of Kernʼs conjecture, cited PTSD s.v. nahāmin, that the Pali form stands for °pin(ī).