The corpus record — Pali
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
Every figure on this page is drawn from the corpus record.
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)
6 of 8 attestations shown.
Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)
CC BY 4.0, with receipt attribution. What is exportable
Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.
