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kāka-m-āsaka

, m(fn). [-m- hiatus bridger: Mittelin-
disch § 272], eating like a crow; one of five types of glut-
tons mentioned at As 404,21; — exeg.: (in pseudo etymo-
logy < āmasati, q.v.) ~o nāma yathā kākehi āmasi-
tuṁ sakkā hoti evaṁ yāva mukhadvārā āhāreti,
404,27 qu. Vism-mhṭ I 59,29, Nidd-a 345,20; — in long
cpd. (Sv 780,28 = Spk III 166,34 [kākāmas°] qu. Vibh-a
273,4).

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