Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
is1wish for
Synonyms
Antonyms
general
hope; wish; expectation; longing (for)
Snp 3.9
āsā yassa na vijjanti, asmiṃ loke paramhi ca
Dhp 410
āsā yassa na vijjanti, asmiṃ loke paramhi ca, nirāsāsaṃ visaṃyuttaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.
Snp 4.4
na kappayanti na purekkharonti, accantasuddhī'ti na te vadanti, ādānaganthaṃ gathitaṃ visajja, āsaṃ na kubbanti kuhiñci loke.
āsā2
Part of speech
noun · feminine
general
Āsā; name of a devatā, one of the four daughters of Sakka (together with Saddhā, Sirī and Hirī)
āsā3
Part of speech
noun · feminine
general
region; quarter; direction (only in later texts)
āsa1
approximatePart of speech
adjective
Root
as1be
general
throwing; shooting; hurling (compound-final, e.g. issāsa ‘archer’)
āsa2
approximatemind
longing for; desirous of (compound-final)
Thag 13.1
unnaḷassa pamattassa, bāhir'āsassa bhikkhuno, sīlaṃ samādhi paññā ca, pāripūriṃ na gacchati.
āsa3
approximategeneral
food; a meal (cf. pātarāsa ‘breakfast’, sāyamāsa ‘evening meal’)
DN 27
atha kho tesaṃ, vāseṭṭha, sattānaṃ padālatāya antarahitāya akaṭṭhapāko sāli pāturahosi akaṇo athuso suddho sugandho taṇḍulapphalo. yaṃ taṃ sāyaṃ sāyam'āsāya āharanti, pāto taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ. yaṃ taṃ pāto pātarāsāya āharanti, sāyaṃ taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ, n'āpadānaṃ paññāyati.
general
not existing; not being; not present; unreal; false
MN 49
te kho evaṃ jāneyyuṃ, santañ'ca pan'aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇaṃ atth'aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇan'ti, asantaṃ vā aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇaṃ n'atth'aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇan'ti.
DN 22
idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu santaṃ vā ajjhattaṃ kāmacchandaṃ, atthi me ajjhattaṃ kāmacchando'ti pajānāti, asantaṃ vā ajjhattaṃ kāmacchandaṃ, n'atthi me ajjhattaṃ kāmacchando'ti pajānāti
ethics
bad; wicked; unvirtuous; (as noun) a bad or wicked person
Part of speech
verb
Root
as1be
general
eats; consumes; enjoys; partakes of
Part of speech
verb
Root
ās1sit
general
sits; dwells
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