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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वासना (vāsanā).
Pronunciation
Noun
wāsanā
- the impression on the mind of acts done in a former state of existence
Further reading
- "wāsanā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.