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āyasmantaṁ

Āyasmant

adjective lit. old, i.e. venerable; used, either as adj. or absolute as a respectful appellation of a bhikkhu of some standing (cp. the semantically identical thera ). It occurs usually in nom. āyasmā and is expl d. in Nd by typical formula “piya-vacanaṃ garu˚, sagārava-sappaṭissâdhivacanaṃ”, e.g. M

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Where it lives

Udana 79 · 39.41/10k
Digha Nikaya 95 · 6.6/10k
Itivuttaka 1 · 0.86/10k
Sutta Nipata 1 · 0.5/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

adjective lit. old, i.e. venerable; used, either as adj. or absolute as a respectful appellation of a bhikkhu of some standing (cp. the semantically identical thera). It occurs usually in nom. āyasmā and is expl^d. in Nd by typical formula “piya-vacanaṃ garu˚, sagārava-sappaṭissâdhivacanaṃ”, e.g. Mnd.140, Mnd.445; Cnd.130 on var. Snp loci (e.g. Snp.814, Snp.1032, Snp.1040, Snp.1061, Snp.1096)
■ Freq. in all texts, of later passages see Snp-a.158; Pv-a.53, Pv-a.54, Pv-a.63 Pv-a.78
■ See also āvuso.

Sk. āyuṣmant, the P. form showing assimilation of u to a

In the wild

āyasmantaṁ Digha Nikaya 10 (dn10:1.3.3)
āyasmantaṁ Digha Nikaya 10 (dn10:1.5.2)
āyasmantaṁ Digha Nikaya 16 (dn16:1.13.1)
āyasmantaṁ Digha Nikaya 16 (dn16:1.15.1)
āyasmantaṁ Digha Nikaya 16 (dn16:1.19.1)
āyasmantaṁ Digha Nikaya 16 (dn16:1.27.4)

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