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āḷāhana

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Āḷāhana (nt.) [fr. ā + ḍah or dah, see dahati] a place of cremation, cemetery D i.55; J i.287 (here meaning the funereal fire) 402; iii.505; Pv ii.122; Vism 76; Miln 350; DA i.166; DhA i.26; iii.276; PvA 92, 161, 163 (= sarīrassa daḍḍha -- ṭṭhāna). -- Note. For āḷāhana in meaning "peg, stake" see ālāna.