Hi (Ven.?) Samita,

Ven. Buddhadatta has:

Samita (pp. of sameti), calmed, appeased.

mike

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From: Samita the Brave <emptyelephant@...>
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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] Digest Number 579


> Dear Pali Friends,
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> i am wondering about the meaning of my Pali Dhamma Name, "Samita". When i
first got it i was told that it meant "one who controls the mind". However i
looked it up recently in an encyclopedia of Pali names and it said "good and
dutiful son" or something similar to that. i am pretty sure, though not
entirely, that there aren't any elongated vowels. Thanks for yr help, yep
yep:
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