Pāli Dictionary

pasaṃsati

paprefixsaṃsrootasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

vaṇṇeti, saṃvaṇṇeti

general

  • praises; commends; approves of; speaks well of

  • SN 3.17

    appamādaṃ pasaṃsanti, puññakiriyāsu paṇḍitā, appamatto ubho atthe, adhiggaṇhāti paṇḍito.

  • Snp 4.13

    saddhammapūjā'pi nesaṃ tath'eva, yathā pasaṃsanti sak'āyanāni, sabb'eva vādā tathiyā bhaveyyuṃ, suddhī hi nesaṃ paccattam'eva.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 3

pasaṃsāiti
  1. pasaṃsā

    praise (by); approval (of); commendation (of)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

pasaṃsaiti
  1. pasaṃsapasaṃsati

    praises; commends; approves of; speaks well of

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

pāsaṃsāiti
  1. pāsaṃsāpāsaṃsa

    praiseworthy; commendable; laudable

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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