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isi-nisabha

, m. (isi + nisabha [sa. nṛ-ṛṣabha]),
"bull among isis", designation of the Buddha, Sn 698;
Buddho ca me ~o vināyako, Vv 143 (isīsu nisabho,
isīnaṁ vā nisabho; isi ca so nisabho cā ti ~o, Vv-a
83,17 foll.); term of address to Mahākaccāna thera,
Vv 714 (isīsu nisabha ājānīya-sadisa, Vv-a 262,24); —
cf. nisabha, (isabha), usabha, vasabha (and Vv-a 83,5
for the supposed progression usabha, vasabha, nisabha).

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