Pāli Dictionary

vissāsa

viprefixsāsrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sas1හුස්ම

Synonyms

pasāda, sakkhī, santhava

ethics

  • විශ්වාසය; ඇදහීම

  • trust; confidence

  • SN 22.85

    tassa so gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā mittato'pi naṃ saddaheyya, suhajjato'pi naṃ saddaheyya, tasmiñ'ca vissāsaṃ āpajjeyya.

  • MN 15

    atha kho naṃ sabrahmacārī na c'eva vattabbaṃ maññanti, na ca anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, na ca tasmiṃ puggale vissāsaṃ āpajjitabbaṃ maññanti.

general

  • විශ්වාසවන්ත පුද්ගලයා; සමීප මිතුරා

  • a trusted person; confidant; intimate

  • Dhp 204

    ārogyaparamā lābhā, santuṭṭhiparamaṃ dhanaṃ, vissāsaparamā ñāti, nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ.

  • සමීපත්වය; සමීප ඇසුර

  • intimacy; close association

  • AN 4.73

    sā aparena samayena saṃvāsam'anvāya vissāsam'anvāya sassum'pi sasuram'pi sāmikam'pi evam'āha, apetha, kiṃ pana tumhe jānāthā'ti!

  • විශ්වාස කළ හැකි දෙය; රඳා පිහිටිය හැකි පදනම

  • something worthy of confidence; something reliable; (commentarial) support, foundation

  • SN 2.30

    idha chinditamārite, hatajānīsu kassapo, na pāpaṃ samanupassati, puññaṃ vā pana attano, sa ve vissāsam'ācikkhi, satthā arahati mānanan'ti.

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