vāsa

See also: vasa, Vasa, vása, vasā, våsă, and Váša

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • वास (Devanagari script)
  • ৰাস (Bengali script)
  • වාස (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝါသ or ဝႃသ (Burmese script)
  • วาส or วาสะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩤᩈ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວາສ or ວາສະ (Lao script)
  • វាស (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄂𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From vasati (“to dwell”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.

Noun

vāsa m

  1. life
  2. dwelling (both place and action)
  3. sojourn

Declension
Declension table of "vāsa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vāsovāsā
Accusative (second)vāsaṃvāse
Instrumental (third)vāsenavāsehi or vāsebhi
Dative (fourth)vāsassa or vāsāya or vāsatthaṃvāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vāsasmā or vāsamhā or vāsāvāsehi or vāsebhi
Genitive (sixth)vāsassavāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vāsasmiṃ or vāsamhi or vāsevāsesu
Vocative (calling)vāsavāsā

Derived terms

References
  • Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “vāsa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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