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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शासन (śāsana, “rule; government”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.sa.na/
- Rhymes: -na
- Hyphenation: śā‧sa‧na
Noun
śāsana
- precept, doctrine, discipline, code, rule
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Further reading
- "śāsana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.