Pāli Dictionary

assasati

āprefixsasastemtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Antonyms

passasati

meditation

  • inhales; breathes in

  • DN 22

    so sato'va assasati sato'va passasati

  • MN 62

    dīghaṃ vā assasanto, dīghaṃ assasāmī'ti pajānāti, dīghaṃ vā passasanto, dīghaṃ passasāmī'ti pajānāti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

assāsāiti
  1. assāsāassāsa

    inhalation; in-breath (in some commentarial contexts: out-breath)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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