taught, expounded; pointed out; specified, assigned; told, confessed.

expounded, shown, taught etc., given, assigned, conferred Vin.iii.152 (marked out) Vin.v.137; DN.ii.154 (dhamma); Dhp.285 (nibbāna); Pv-a.4 (magga: indicated), Pv-a.54 (given).

pp. of deseti

on a site pointed out or specified.

shown; indicated

…& desesi (Pv-a.2, Pv-a.12, Pv-a.78 etc.)
pp desita (q.v.).

Sk. deśayati, Caus. of disati, q.v.

…nibbānaṃ sugatena desitaṃ Dhp.285 s. = acala Vv-a.219
■ samatha (allayment, quietude)…

…SN.i.52; Snp.383 (su˚ = sudesita Snp-a.373), Snp.868 (= ācikkhita desita, etc. Mnd.271).

pp. of pa + vac, but sometimes confounded with…

…Dhs-a.123; Vism.465. -desita well preached Dhp.44; Snp.88, Snp.230. -ddiṭṭha [= su + uddiṭṭha] well set out…

…(y. e. yaṃ mayhaṃ desitaṃ ekassa bhikkhuno dehi), Pv-a.217 (y. e. yāvadatthaṃ gaṇhāhi: take as much as you like).

adv….