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anamha

, (m. or n.), distress; only in the comp.
°-kāla, m., time of non-pleasure, Ja III 223,5* (~e
. . . kin nu jagghasi, = ārodana-kāle, v. l. rodana-
kāle, Ct.). The etymology is uncertain: cf. Sadd 460
n. c (old error for *a-namma o: sa. *a-narma, cf. Mhbh
III 15543: na narma-kālo 'yaṁ), and Morris, JPTS
anamhaanha = sa. an-ahar (an unlucky day), nh > mh by
dissimilation, or an + amha (sa. asma, the base of
pron, person., cf. sa. asmayati)].

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