vāsa

See also: vasa, Vasa, vása, våsă, and Váša

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • वास (Devanagari script)
  • ৱাস (Bengali script)
  • වාස (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝါသ (Burmese script)
  • วาส (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩤᩈ (Tai Tham script)
  • វាស (Khmer script)

Etymology

From vasati (“to dwell”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.

Noun

vāsa m

  1. life
  2. dwelling (both place and action)
  3. sojourn

Declension
Declension table of "vāsa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vāsovāsā
Accusative (second)vāsaṃvāse
Instrumental (third)vāsenavāsehi or vāsebhi
Dative (fourth)vāsassa or vāsāya or vāsatthaṃvāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vāsasmā or vāsamhā or vāsāvāsehi or vāsebhi
Genitive (sixth)vāsassavāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vāsasmiṃ or vāsamhi or vāsevāsesu
Vocative (calling)vāsavāsā

References
  • vāsa in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)
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