Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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opāna : [nt.] a well; place where water is supplied free.
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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Opāna (nt.) [o + pāna fr. pivati. Vedic avapāna. The P. Commentators however take o as a contracted form of udaka, e. g. Bdhgh. at DA i.298 = udapāna]. Only in phrase opāna -- bhūta (adj.) a man who has become a welling spring as it were, for the satisfaction of all men's wants; expld. as "khata -- pokkharaṇī viya hutvā" DA i. 298 = J v.174. -- Vin i.236; D i.137; M i.379; A iv. 185; Vv 654; Pv iv.160; J iii.142; iv.34; v.172; Vbh 247; Miln 411; Vism 18; VvA 286; DA 1177, 298.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Related
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opanayika , opapaccayika , opapakkhi , opapātī , opapātika , opamma samyutta , opamma , opamañña , opama , opakkhin