…laugh, to be merry; pres hasati Bv.i.28; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.59; hassati Snp.328, Snp.829;
ppr…

KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma

A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the exact place of his residence is, however, …

A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations.DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scio …

is excited; rejoices in the prospect of

speaks after, repeats; continually speaks.

of ghasati

of ghasati

eats; devours; destroys.

of ghasati

obhāsati¹

pr. 3 sg. speaks to suggestively or lewdly or offensively; insults

obhāsati²

pr. 3 sg. shines forth, is bright; becomes manifest, appears; (perhaps also: shines thro …

laughs; smiles at (flirtatiously)

A. Prep. and pref. of direction & place:

1. as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
2. as place where (prep. c. loc. or abs.) = …

to address, to speak to; aor. ajjhabhāsi Vin.ii.195; SN.i.103; SN.iv.117; Snp.p.87; Pv-a.56, Pv-a.90.

adhi + bhāsati

1. minor conduct (conduct of a bhikkhu as to those minor rules not included in the Pārājikas or Saṃghādisesas) Vin.i.63 (see note in Vin. Texts, i.184.
2. flirtation Vin.iii.128 (in the Old Cy as ex …

to scold, swear at, abuse, revile Ja.i.191; Ja.ii.416; Ja.iii.27; Dhp-a.i.211; Dhp-a.ii.44. Often combined with paribhāsati, e.g. Vin.ii.296; Dhp-a.iv.2; Pv-a.10
aor *[a …

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

to speak after, to repeat DN.i.104; Mil.345; DN-a.i.273.

anu + bhāsati

to laugh at, to ridicule DN-a.i.256.

anu + hasati

…˚mānita, ˚vajja, ˚hasati away from, i.e. the opposite of, as equivalent to a negation and often taking the place of the neg. prefix a…

to laugh at, deride, mock Ja.v.111 (aññamaññaṃ); Pv-a.178
aor avahasi Ja.iv.413.

ava + has

to bark (of dogs) Ja.iv.182 (aor. bhasi; so read for T. bhusi)
pp bhasitaṃ (as n.) bark ibid. (mahā-bhasitaṃ bhasi, read for bhusita) See also bhusati.

cp. Epic Sk. bhaṣate

1. see bhasati.
2. pp. of bhas “crumbled to ashes” see bhasma.

…the suggested correction of bhusati to bhasati (see under bhasati) is unfounded

…the suggested correction of bhusati to bhasati (see under bhasati) is unfounded

Bhāsati¹

to speak, to say, to speak to, to call MN.i.227, Snp.158 Snp.562, Snp.722; Dhp.1, Dhp.246, Dhp.258; also bhāsate Snp.452
pot bhāseyya Vin.ii.189; Snp.451, Snp.930; Snp-a.46 …

spoken, said, uttered AN.v.194; Mil.28; Dhp-a.iv.93
■ (nt.) speech, word Dhp.363; MN.i.432. Usually as su˚ & dub˚; (both adj. & nt.) well & badly spoken, or good & bad speech Vin.i.172; MN.ii.250 …

to shine (forth), to appear DN.ii.205; Vv.35#2; Ja.ii.313
pp bhāta: see *vi*˚.

bhā Dhtp.367, Dhtm.594: dittiyaṃ; Idg. *bhé, cp. Sk. bhāḥ nt. splendour, radiance, …

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

to eat Ja.iii.210; ppr. ghasamāna Vin.ii.201; Thag.749
■ Cp ghasa, ghasta & ghāsa. See also jaddhu. Desid jighacchati.

Vedic grasati & *ghasti, pp. grasta, cp. Gr.; γράω to gnaw, γράστις fodder, L …

only in vanka˚ having eaten or swallowed the hook (cp. grasta-vanka) DN.ii.266 (v-g˚ va ambujo); Ja.vi.113.

pp. of ghasati = Sk. grasta

…grindan to grind

Ghaṃsati²

to be pleased, to rejoice Ja.iv.56 (variant reading ghasati). Cp. pahaṃsati².

= haṃsati…

…who fetches the fodder (food) Thag.910.

Vedic ghāsa, fr. ghasati, q.v. cp. Lat. gramen = grass

verse, stanza, line of poetry, usually referring to an Anuṭṭhubbaṃ or a Tuṭṭhubbaṃ, & called a catuppādā gāthā, a stanza (śloka) of four half-lines AN.ii.178; Ja.iv.395 Def. as akkhara-padaniya-mit …

adjective laughing, merry Mhvs.35, Mhvs.55; (nt.) as adv. -ṃ jokingly, for fun Vin.i.185.

ppr. of hasati + ka

laughter Dhtp.31.

fr. hasati

…of mirth,“ aesthetic faculty Tikp.276; see Cpd. 20 sq.

pp. of hasati, representing both Sk. hasita & hṛṣita

…laugh, to be merry; pres hasati Bv.i.28; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.59; hassati Snp.328, Snp.829;
ppr…

…(Vedic) & hreṣ (Epic Sk.); in Pāli confused with hṛṣ (hasati): see hasati²

see hasati.

…to Sk. jagdhi eating food; intens. of ghasati

…for *jaghrati. See note on gala. Kern compares Ved. jakṣati, Intens of hasati (

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under anujagghati); Dhtp.31 jaggh hasane

to have a desire to eat, to be hungry DN.ii.266; pp. jighacchita Dhp-a.ii.145.

Desid. to ghasati, eat

sage, seer, wise man, usually appositionally nom. mantā “as a sage,” “like a thinker,” a form which looks like a fem. and is mostly explained as such by the Commentaries Mantā has also erroneous …

adverb falsely, wrongly; uṣually with verbs vadati, bhanati bhāsati & brūti; to speak falsely, to tell a lie
■ AN.i.149 (opp. saccaṃ); Snp.122, Snp.158, Snp.397, Snp.400, Snp.757, Snp.883, Snp.967 …

…Mil.79
■ Note. muṭṭhasati with var. (unsuccessful) etym. is discussed in detail also by Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, pp. 92–⁠94.

pp. of…

shine, splendour, light, lustre, effulgence; appearance. In clairvoyant language also “aura (see Cpd. 214¹ with C. expl^n. “rays emitted from the body on account of insight”)-D …

Obhāsati¹

to shine, to be splendid Pv.i.2#1 (= pabhāseti vijjoteti Pv-a.10)
caus obhāseti to make radiant or resplendent to illumine, to fill with light or splendo …

to tell, declare, talk Thag.582.

pa + bhaṣ

to speak out or mention correspondingly, to enumerate Kp-a.78, Kp-a.79 sq.

paṭi + anubhāsati, cp. BSk. pratyavabhāṣate to call to Divy.9

adverb behind, aft, after, afterwards, back; westward DN.i.205; Snp.645 Snp.773, Snp.949; Mnd.33 (= pacchā vuccati anāgataṃ, pure vuccati atītaṃ); Cnd.395; Dhp.172, Dhp.314, Dhp.421; Pv.i.11#1 Pv.i.11 …

recited, explained Ja.ii.48.

pp. of paccābhāsati

to retort, recite, explain, relate Pv-a.57 (sic lege for pacchā˚)
pp paccābhaṭṭha.

paṭi + ābhāsati

to show in return, retort, explain MN.i.96; AN.iv.193. Cp. paccabhāsati.

paṭi + āropeti

to laugh, giggle Ja.v.452 (ūhasati +). See also pahassati & pahāsati
pp pahasita (q.v.).

pa + has

laughing, smiling, joyful, pleased Mil.297; Ja.i.411 (nicca˚ mukha), Ja.ii.179.

pp. of pahasati or ˚hassati

…is derived fr. pres. pahasati which makes the equation pahassati = pahaṃsati² all the more likely.

pa +…

…(˚mukha SS pahasita at Mil.297 is better to be taken as pp. of pahasati, because of combination haṭṭha…

in pahāsanto saparisaṃ at Thag-a.69 should preferably be read as pahāsayanto parisaṃ, thus taken as Caus. of pa + has, i.e. making one smile, gladdening.

to make laugh, to gladden, to make joyful Vism.289 (cittaṃ pamodeti hāseti pahāseti).

Caus. of pahasati

to shine forth, to be visible, to become known Snp.445, Snp.1032 (= bhāsati tapati virocati Cnd.373)
caus pakāseti to show up, illustrate, explain make known, give information …

Paribhaṭṭha¹

fallen, dropped Ja.i.482; Thag p.12ⁿ.

pp. of paribhassati of bhraś

Paribhaṭṭha²

abused, censured, scolded Ja.vi.187.

pp. of paribhāsati

to abuse, scold, revile, censure, deiame SN.i.221; SN.iv.61; Vin.iv.265; Snp.134, Snp.663; Ja.i.112, Ja.i.384 (for ˚hāsiṃsu), Ja.i.469, Ja.iii.421; Ja.iv.285 (read paribhāsentī for aribhāsentī), Ja.v. …

to laugh at, mock, deride Ja.i.457. - Caus. parihāseti to make laugh Ja.v.297.

pari + has

laughter, laughing at, mockery Ja.i.116 (˚keḷi), Ja.i.377; Dhp-a.i.244.

fr. pari + has, cp. parihasati

adjective having a limit, having a set or well-defined purpose; f. -vatī (vācā) discriminating speech DN.i.4 = MN.iii.49 = Pp.58; explained as “paricchedaṃ dassetvā yatha ’ssa paricchedo paññāyati …

to address in return or in reply SN.i.134; Snp.1024.

paṭi + bhās

Pubba¹

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

to converse or study together DN.i.26, DN.i.163; MN.i.130; AN.i.138; AN.v.156 sq.; Vin.iii.173 sq.; Vin.iv.236 sq.; DN-a.i.117.

saṃ + anubhāsati

to shine Mil.338.

saṃ + pa + bhās

adjective noun frivolous; nt. frivolity, foolishness only in connection with expressions of talking, as samphaṃ bhāsati to speak frivolously AN.ii.23; Snp.158; samphaṃ giraṃ bh. Ja.vi.295; *sampha …

…Mil.248; Mil.336; muṭṭhasati forgetful, careless DN.iii.252, DN.iii.282; maraṇasati mindfulness as to death…

to laugh with MN.ii.223.

san + hasati

to rattle, shake, clatter; to grind or gnash one’s teeth; to fizz. Usually said of people in frenzy or fury (in ppr. ˚yanto or ˚yamāna) Ja.i.347 (rosena), Ja.i.439 (kodhena); Ja.ii.277 (of a bhikkhu k …

…Thig.74 (spelt jjh = hasati Thag-a.78); AN.iii.91 (ujjh˚, variant reading ujj˚) = Pp.67 (= pāṇiṃ paharitvā mahāhasitaṃ hasati…

…AN.iii.91 = Pp.67 (ūhasati ullapati +); Ja.v.288 Ja.v.300; Dhp-a.ii.29; Dhp-a.iii.41; Pv-a.175 (avamaññati +). Note. The BSk….

illuminated, made bright, shining forth Sdhp.591.

pp. Caus. of vi + bhāsati²

…Also Name of an animal Ja.vi.538.

fr. vi + ghasati

…Also Name of an animal Ja.vi.538.

fr. vi + ghasati

to shine (forth), to be brilliant Vin.ii.296 (tapati, bhāsati, v.); Snp.378, Snp.550; Iti.64 (virocare); Ja.i.18, Ja.i.89; Ja.iv.233; Pv.i.11#4; Pv.ii.9#62; Pv.iii.3#5 (= virājati Pv-a.189); Dhp-a.i …

indeclinable part. of disjunction: “or”; always enclitic Kp viii. (itthiyā purisassa vā; mātari pitari vā pi). Usually repeated vā-vā (is it so-) or, either-or, e.g. Snp.1024 (Brahmā vā Indo vā p …

indeclinable lokasmiṃ yad idam arahanto “as far as the abodes of beings, as far as heaven, these are the highest these are the best, I mean the Arahants.” SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā …

adjective bull-like, becoming to a bull, lordly, majestic, imposing, bold; only in phrase ˚ṃ vācaṃ bhāsati “speak the lordly word” DN.ii.15, DN.ii.82; MN.iii.123j Ja.i.53; DN-a.i.91; cp. Dāvs i.28 ( …

laughing, mocking Mil.127.

fr. ūhasati

to laugh at, deride, mock AN.iii.91; Ja.v.452 (+ pahasati); Pp.67 (= avahasati Pp-a.249).

either ud or ava + has, cp. avahasati