Pāli Dictionary

assāda

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Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sād8taste; relish

Synonyms

bhoga, abhinanda, ābhoga

Antonyms

ādīnava, nirassāda

doctrine

  • enjoyment; satisfaction; pleasure; the ‘taste’ or appeal derived from sensual or worldly objects (often contrasted with ādīnava and nissaraṇa)

  • SN 22.109

    yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako imesaṃ pañcannaṃ upādānakkhandhānaṃ samudayañ'ca atthaṅ'gamañ'ca assādañ'ca ādīnavañ'ca nissaraṇañ'ca yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti

  • SN 22.57

    yaṃ rūpaṃ paṭicca uppajjati sukhaṃ somanassaṃ, ayaṃ rūpassa assādo. yaṃ rūpaṃ aniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ, ayaṃ rūpassa ādīnavo.

general

  • taste; flavour; the act of tasting

Encyclopedia

Assāda
Sutta

  • A discourse in which the Buddha explains that his enlightenment rested on fully understanding the satisfaction, danger, and escape connected with each of the five aggregates.

SN 22.26

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