Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
sī1lie; sleep
Synonyms
Antonyms
general
abode; dwelling place; haunt; (of animals) nest, lair
SN 1.60
chando nidānaṃ gāthānaṃ, akkharā tāsaṃ viyañjanaṃ, nāmasannissitā gāthā, kavi gāthānam'āsayo'ti.
MN 25
yaṃnūna mayaṃ amuṃ nivāpaṃ nivuttaṃ nevāpikassa upanissāya āsayaṃ kappeyyāma.
deposit; discharge; bodily excretion or secretion
mind
inclination; disposition; underlying tendency (of mind); latent bias
Snp 4.16
okkhittacakkhu na ca pādalolo, jhān'ānuyutto bahujāgarassa, upekkham'ārabbha samāhit'atto, takk'āsayaṃ kukkucciy'ūpachinde.
āsa1
approximatevia inflected form āsāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular
Part of speech
adjective
Root
as1be
general
throwing; shooting; hurling (compound-final, e.g. issāsa ‘archer’)
āsa2
approximatevia inflected form āsāya · dative singular
general
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.
āsa3
approximatevia inflected form āsāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular
mind
longing for; desirous of (compound-final)
Thag 13.1
unnaḷassa pamattassa, bāhir'āsassa bhikkhuno, sīlaṃ samādhi paññā ca, pāripūriṃ na gacchati.
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.
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