1. Adāsa
a kind of bird Ja.iv.466.
prob. = adaṃsa, from ḍasati to bite, cp. dāṭhā tooth; lit meaning “toothless” or “not biting”
The corpus record — Pali
ādāsaṁ
Adāsa
a kind of bird Ja.iv.466 . prob. = adaṃsa, from ḍasati to bite, cp. dāṭhā tooth; lit meaning “toothless” or “not biting”
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Distribution
- Digha Nikaya 2 · 0.14/10k
Senses
2. Ādāsa
a mirror Vin.ii.107; DN.i.7, DN.i.11 (˚pañha mirror-questioning, cp DN-a.i.97: “ādāse devataṃ otaretvā pañha-pucchanaṃ”), DN.i.80 DN.ii.93 (dhamna’-ādāsaṃ nāma dhamma-pariyāyaṃ desessāmi) SN.v.357 (id.); AN.v.92, AN.v.97 sq., AN.v.103; Ja.i.504; Dhs.617 (˚maṇḍala); Vism.591 (in simile); Kp-a.50 (˚daṇḍa) Kp-a.237; Dhp-a.i.226.
- -tala the surface of the mirror, in similes at Vism.450 Vism.456, Vism.489.
Sk. ādarśa, ā + dṛś, P. dass, of dassati1 2
Attestations
- ādāsaṁ Digha Nikaya 1 (dn1:1.16.2)
- ādāsaṁ Digha Nikaya 2 (dn2:51.2)
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