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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySiniyhati, (Vedic snihyate, snih; cp. Av. sn&amacremacr; ƶaiti it snows= Lat. ninguit, Gr. nei/gei; Oir. snigid it rains; Lat. nix snow=Gr. ni/ga =Goth, snaiws, Ohg. sneo=snow; Oir. snige rain; etc.—The Dhtp 463 gives the 2 forms sinih & snih in meaning pīṇana. Cp. sineha) (to be moist or sticky, fig.) to feel love, to be attached Vism. 317=DhsA. 192 (in definition of mettā). Caus. sineheti (sneheti, snehayati) to lubricate, make oily or tender (through purgatives etc.) Vin. I, 279 (kāyaṃ); Miln. 172; DA. I, 217 (temeti+); to make pliable, to soften Miln. 139 (mānasaṃ).—pp. siniddha. (Page 710)
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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