Viparamosa, Viparāmosa: 1 definition
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryViparāmosa, (Viparāmāsa) (vi+parāmāsa, the form °mosa probably a distortion of °māsa) highway robbery D. I, 5 (explained as twofold at DA. I, 80, viz. hima° & gumba°, or hidden by the snow & a thicket; the pop. etym. given here is “janaṃ musanti, ” i.e. they steal, or beguile people); III, 176 (v. l. °māsa); A. II, 209; V, 206; S. V, 473; Pug. 58. (Page 626)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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