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Pasaṃsā
feminine praise, applause DN.iii.260 ; SN.i.202 ; Thag.609 ; Snp.213 , Snp.826 Snp.895 ; Mil.377 ; Snp-a.155 . In composition the form is pasaṃsa˚ ; e.g. -āvahana bringing applause Snp.256 -kāma desirous of praise Snp.825 , cp. Mnd.163 ; -lābha gain of praise Snp.828 . As adj. pasaṃsa “laudable prai
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1. Pasaṃsā
feminine praise, applause DN.iii.260; SN.i.202; Thag.609; Snp.213, Snp.826 Snp.895; Mil.377; Snp-a.155. In composition the form is pasaṃsa˚; e.g. -āvahana bringing applause Snp.256 -kāma desirous of praise Snp.825, cp. Mnd.163; -lābha gain of praise Snp.828. As adj. pasaṃsa “laudable praiseworthy” it is better taken as grd. of pasaṃsati (= pasaṃsiya); thus at Pv.iv.7#13 (pāsaṃsa Minayeff) Pv-a.8, Pv-a.89 (= anindita).
fr. pa + śaṃs; cp. Vedic praśaṃsā
2. Pāsaṃsa
adjective to be praised praiseworthy MN.i.15, MN.i.404; MN.ii.227 (dasa ˚ṭṭhānāni) AN.v.129 (id.); Ja.iii.493; Pv.iv.7#13; Ne.52.
grd. fr. pasaṃsati with pā for pa as in similar formations (see pāmokkha)
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