Seyyaṁ

adjective better, excellent; nom. masc. seyyo SN.iii.48 sq.; Snp.918; Dhp.308; Dhs.1116; Ja.i.180; nom. fem. seyyasi Ja.v.393; nom. neut. seyyo often used as a noun, meaning good, happiness, well-being Vin.i.33; DN.i.184; DN.ii.330; Snp.427, Snp.440; Dhp.76 Dhp.100; Ja.ii.44; Ja.vi.4 (maraṇaṃ eva seyyo, with abl. of compar. rajjato); Pv.ii.9#43 (dhanaṃ); Pv.iv.1#6 (jīvitaṃ) nom. fem. seyyā Ja.v.94; nom. acc. neutr. seyyaṃ Ja.ii.402 Ja.iii.237; abl. as adv. seyyaso “still better” Dhp.43; Ja.ii.402; Ja.iv.241. Superl. seṭṭha.

Sk. śreyas, compar. formⁿ

feminine a bed, couch MN.i.502; AN.i.296; Vin.ii.167 (˚aggena by the surplus in beds); Snp.29, Snp.152 Snp.535; Dhp.305, Dhp.309; Pv.ii.3#11; Pv.iv.1#2; Ja.vi.197 (gilāna sick-bed). Four kinds AN.ii.244; Vb-a.345. seyyaṃ kappeti to lie down Vin.iv.15, Vin.iv.18 sq.
■ combined with āvasatha, e.g. at AN.ii.85, AN.ii.203; AN.iii.385; AN.iv.60; AN.v.271 sq.
■ As -˚ used in adj. sense of “lying down, resting, viz. ussūra˚ sleeping beyond sunrise DN.iii.184 = Dhp-a.ii.227; divā˚ noon-day rest DN.i.112, DN.i.167; sīha˚ like a lion DN.ii.134; AN.iv.87; dukkha˚ sleeping uncomfortably Dhp-a.iv.8.

Sk. śayyā; fr. śī