asuci

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Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अशुचि (aśuci) or simply a- +‎ suci.

Adjective

asuci

  1. unclean

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Noun

asuci m

  1. dirt, excrement; dung; semen
    Jāto kaṇho pabyāhāsi – ‘dhovatha maṃ, amma, nahāpetha maṃ amma, imasmā maṃ asucismā parimocetha, atthāya vo bhavissāmī’ti.
    And no sooner was it born than the little black thing said, “Wash me, mother. Bathe me, mother. Set me free, mother, of this dirt. So shall I be of use to you.”

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References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 62.