1. Sahasā
adverb forcibly, hastily, suddenly Snp.123; Dhp-a.iii.381; Pv-a.40, Pv-a.279 inconsiderately Ja.i.173; Ja.iii.441. -kāra violence DN.i.5; DN.iii.176; AN.ii.209; Pp.58; Ja.iv.11; DN-a.i.80.
instr. of sahas (Vedic), force
The corpus record — Pali
sāhasā
Sahasā
adverb forcibly, hastily, suddenly Snp.123 ; Dhp-a.iii.381 ; Pv-a.40 , Pv-a.279 inconsiderately Ja.i.173 ; Ja.iii.441 . -kāra violence DN.i.5 ; DN.iii.176 ; AN.ii.209 ; Pp.58 ; Ja.iv.11 ; DN-a.i.80 . instr. of sahas (Vedic), force
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Where it lives
- Dhammapada 1 · 1.9/10k
- Sutta Nipata 3 · 1.49/10k
- Digha Nikaya 1 · 0.07/10k
What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary
2. Sāhasa
violent, hasty Snp.329; (nt.) violence, arbitrary action, acts of violence Snp.943; Ja.vi.284; Mhvs.6, Mhvs.39; sāhasena arbitrarily AN.v.177 opp. a˚; ibid.; Dhp.257; Ja.vi.280. sāhasaṃ id. Ja.vi.358 (= sāhasena sāhasikaṃ kammaṃ katvā ibid. 359); adv asāhasaṃ = asāhasena Ja.iii.319 (C. sāhasiyataṇhāya ibid. 320, if we do not have to read sāhasiyā taṇhāya from sāhasī).
- -kiriyā violence Ja.iii.321.
fr. sahas power
In the wild
- sāhasā Dhammapada 256 (dhp256:2)
- sahasā Digha Nikaya 20 (dn20:11.9)
- Sāhasā Sutta Nipata 1.7 (snp1.7:11.3)
- sahasā Sutta Nipata 3.11 (snp3.11:33.2)
- sāhasā Sutta Nipata 4.15 (snp4.15:9.4)
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