Pāli Dictionary

nāsana

nāsestemanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

nas1be lost, disappear

Synonyms

dhaṃsī, viddhaṃsaka

monastic

  • destruction; removal; expulsion (esp. of a monk from the Sangha)

  • Thag 9.1

    yadā sukhī malakhilasokanāsano, niraggaḷo nibbanatho visallo, sabb'āsave byantikato'va jhāyati, tato ratiṃ paramataraṃ na vindatī'ti.

  • SN 6.2

    ye ca atītā sambuddhā, ye ca buddhā anāgatā, yo c'eta'r'ahi sambuddho, bahūnaṃ sokanāsano.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

nuasana
  1. nu

    interrogative and dubitative particle; whether, indeed, I wonder, on earth (often combined with interrogative pronouns)

  2. asana

    eating; the act of eating; feeding on

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