Pāli Dictionary

sahassa

Part of speech

numeral · neuter

general

  • one thousand; a thousand

  • (as an adjective) numbering one thousand; containing one thousand; worth a thousand; (as an epithet of Mahābrahmā) ruling over a thousand world systems

  • AN 3.125

    idam'avoca bhagavā. attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandun'ti. imasmiñ'ca pana veyyākaraṇasmiṃ bhaññamāne sahassī lokadhātu akampitthā'ti.

  • AN 10.29

    yāvatā, bhikkhave, sahassī lokadhātu, mahābrahmā tattha aggam'akkhāyati.

saha

sahrootasuffix

via inflected form sahassa · dative singular / genitive singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sah1overcome; prevail

Synonyms

abhibhū

mind

  • enduring; bearing; overcoming

  • AN 10.71

    aratiratisaho assaṃ, na ca maṃ aratirati saheyya, uppannaṃ aratiratiṃ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyyan'ti

sahas

sahrootassuffix

via inflected form sahassa · dative singular / genitive singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sah1overcome; prevail

Synonyms

vibhava, vaccas, pabhāva

general

  • power; might; force

  • DN 20

    ye nāgarāje sahasā haranti, dibbā dijā pakkhi visuddhacakkhū, vehāsayā te vanam'ajjhapattā, citrā supaṇṇā iti tesa nāmaṃ.

  • SN 20.10

    atha kho so, bhikkhave, mudumūsi gocarāya pakkāmi. tam'enaṃ biḷāro gahetvā sahasā saṅkhāditvā ajjhohari. tassa so mudumūsi antam'pi khādi, antaguṇam'pi khādi.

  • (instr. sahasā) forcibly; suddenly; violently

  • DN 20

    ye nāgarāje sahasā haranti, dibbā dijā pakkhi visuddhacakkhū, vehāsayā te vanam'ajjhapattā, citrā supaṇṇā iti tesa nāmaṃ.

  • SN 20.10

    atha kho so, bhikkhave, mudumūsi gocarāya pakkāmi. tam'enaṃ biḷāro gahetvā sahasā saṅkhāditvā ajjhohari. tassa so mudumūsi antam'pi khādi, antaguṇam'pi khādi.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

sāhuassa
  1. sāhu

    good; well; excellent (softened form of sādhu)

  2. assa

    horse; (in the plural also) cavalry

sāhiassa
  1. sāhisa

    own; one’s own; self; personal (reflexive pronoun or adjective, equivalent to Sanskrit sva or Pali saka)

  2. assa

    horse; (in the plural also) cavalry

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