Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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māghāta : [m.] non-killing order.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Māghāta (nt.) [lit. mā ghāta "kill not"] the injunction not to kill, non -- killing order (with ref. to the killing of animals J iii.428 (˚bheri, the drum announcing this order); iv.115; vi.346 (uposatha˚).
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Related
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maghava , maghavant , maghavantu , maghavapupphiya thera , magic , māghaḥ , maghādeva , māgha-sutta , magha , māgha