Pāli Dictionary
general
eating; the act of eating; feeding on
food; nourishment
asana2
general
an arrow; a shot missile
AN 4.45
tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, evarūpo javo ahosi, seyyathā'pi nāma daḷhadhammo dhanuggaho sikkhito katahattho kat'ūpāsano lahukena asanena appakasirena tiriyaṃ tālacchāyaṃ atipāteyya.
asana3
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
the asana tree (Terminalia tomentosa), a large timber tree
general
seat; place for sitting; chair; throne
sitting; sitting down; sitting posture
altar; seat on which offerings are placed
āsa1
approximatevia inflected form āsāna · dative plural / genitive plural
Part of speech
adjective
Root
as1be
general
throwing; shooting; hurling (compound-final, e.g. issāsa ‘archer’)
āsa2
approximatevia inflected form āsāna · genitive plural
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 āsāna · dative plural / genitive plural
mind
longing for; desirous of (compound-final)
Thag 13.1
unnaḷassa pamattassa, bāhir'āsassa bhikkhuno, sīlaṃ samādhi paññā ca, pāripūriṃ na gacchati.
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