…→ *pussa → *possa → posa. So Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 30#3

Posa²

adjective to be fed or nourished, only in dup˚;…

…to the Buddha at Jetavana. The Buddha then preached to her on the uposatha and the advantages of keeping the fast.

A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

…or the oldest of the Uposatha-kula. Next the Horse, Assaratana, named Valāhaka, all white with crow black head, and dark mane, able to fly…

…his intention of holding an uposatha meeting without the Buddha, and, having persuaded five hundred newly ordained monks from Vesāli to join him,…

…in mind, loose of speech and heedless. He appeared before them on an uposatha day and reminded them of their duties. SN.i.61f.

…of monks for the holding of uposatha, he himself being pure. The Buddha read his thoughts, appeared before him, and urged upon him the necessity of…

…whether he need attend the uposatha ceremonies, since he himself was pure. The Buddha appeared before him, telling him to go. He sent for him and…

…king who observed the uposatha, together with his people. When a grey hair appeared on his head he went forth to develop the divine abidings,…

…how she was formerly attached to the idea of performing rites on the uposatha days aspiring for heavenly rebirth. Thig.31–32

…the day they had taken the uposatha-vows. The conversation that took place between Oṭṭhaddha and the Buddha is recorded in the Mahāli Sutta….

One of Bāvari’s pupils. His question to the Buddha and the answer thereto are given in the Posālamāṇavaa pucchā of the Pārāyana Vagga. Snp.1006 Snp.1112–1115.

…respective districts on uposatha days, the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month. Each section of the rules is recited and, at the end of…

…to visit the Buddha on an uposatha day. Hemavata then asked the Buddha a series of questions. Snp.176–205

Sātāgira is mentioned in the…

The name of the Elephant Treasure of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power, flying through the sky.”. DN.ii.174 MN.iii.173f.

…who observed the uposatha of the eight precepts.

Uttarā⁵

A little yakkhinī, sister of Punabbasu. For her story see…

…on the keeping of the uposatha, AN.i.205ff. AN.iv.255 the discourse of the eight qualities which win for women power in this world and…

az együttlét napja, szertartásnap

not an uposatha day

every uposatha day.

…fortnight) 2. (mfn.) on the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight); (m.) the uposatha observance on the fourteenth day (of a lunar fortnight)

an act of purification in the presence of the gods.

fast-day, a day of purification for jains.

lives in a state of abstinence, observes (a fast or (the duties of) an uposatha day).

who has observed the uposatha day

1. (for non-buddhists) a fastday, a day of purification; (for Buddhists) a day on which lay-followers undertake to observe eight abstinence and on which they listen to teaching on the dhamma (usuall …

an area in front of the uposatha hall (from where the uposatha ceremony can be heard)

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

the (formal) act (of the saṅgha) on an uposatha day

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

questioning about the (day of the) uposatha ceremony

one of the eight abstinence (observed by the lay-followers on an uposatha day)

1. (a meal) connected with the uposatha day.
2. fasting; observing the uposatha abstinence; keeping the uposatha day.

observance of the duties of the uposatha day

proposal, motion (for an official act of the saṅgha)

residence practice (the practice of several residences holding separate uposathas within the same boundary)

see anvaḍḍhamāsaṃ.

adverb every fortnight, twice a month MN.ii.8; Vin.iv.315 (= anuposathikaṃ) Dhp-a.i.162; Dhp-a.ii.25.

anu + aḍḍha + māsa

permission, leave, in ˚kamma proposal of a resolution, obtaining leave (see kamma i.3; Vin.ii.89; Vin.iv.152.

fr. apaloketi

not to disturb, shake or break (fig.) Ja.v.173 (uposathaṃ).

a + paṭikopeti

…noble Ja.v.87

• -uposatha the ideal feast day (as one of 3) AN.i.205 sq., AN.i.212
• -kanta loved…

…system or collection, e.g. uposath˚; the vows of the fast Ja.i.50; bhavaṅga the constituents or the condition of…

…(see above B 2); of the uposatha (as in prec. aṭṭhang’ uposatha) Snp.401; of the “Eightfold Noble Path” *(ariyo a….

…pakkhikaṃ, uposathikaṃ pāṭipadikaṃ
■ As part of the regulations concerning food, hours of eating etc. in the Sangha…

…brahma heaven SN.i.143. -ūposatha the highest religious observance with meditation on the Buddha practice of the uposatha abstinence AN.i.207….

…brahma heaven SN.i.143. -ūposatha the highest religious observance with meditation on the Buddha practice of the uposatha abstinence AN.i.207….

…Ja.ii.192; Ja.vi.169 (uposatha, cp. aṭṭhanga) Dpvs.i.6; Sdhp.64; -(r)aṅgika = prec. Dhs.147, Dhs.157, Dhs.397 Kp-a.85; Sdhp.58;…

…as indriya-damena uposatha-kammena), DN.iii.147, DN.iii.229; SN.i.4, SN.i.29, SN.i.168 = Snp.463 (saccena danto damasā upeto);…

…AN.i.211; Vism.197.

• -uposatha a day of devotion to the gods AN.i.211;
• -paribhoga fit to be…

…Ja.i.53; Dhp-a.ii.31

• -ūposatha the fast day prescribed by the Dh. AN.i.208
• -okkā the torch of Righteousness Ja.i.34; *…

an adopted son, in enumⁿ of four kinds of sons (atraja, khettaja, antevāsika, d.) Cnd.448; Ja.i.135 (= posāvanatthāya dinna).

…atināmeti); Ja.iii.52 (uposatha˚); Pv-a.31 (yāva sattadivasā a week long), Pv-a.74 (sattamo divaso) Usually in oblique cases adverbially,…

…payāta pasu, peyya, posa; (p)phassa; (bb = b): bala, balika budha; (bb = v): dubbaca =) vaca, vacana, vaṇṇa vijāna, vidū, vinivijjha,…

…fostering, good care (= posana) (act.) or being well looked after, well provided (pass.); chada: Pp.51 chāda: Ja.i.94; AN.i.107; AN.ii.85;…

…SN.iv.181; AN.i.205 (-˚uposatha); Mil.18, Mil.48; Vism.279 (in comparison); Dhp-a.iii.59; -pitā “father (protector of the cows” =…

…consisting of dāna, uposathakamma & dasakusalakammapathā Ja.iii.342;

• -paṭibhāṇa of happy retort, of…

…the cloak Vv-a.250; uposatha˚ observing the Sabbath Vb.422; nava˚; making new renovating, repairing, patching Vin.ii.119, Vin.ii.159…

…(q.v. below). The proposal of Kern’s (

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s. v.) to read madh’ aṭṭhika “with sweet kernels cannot be accepted….

…(˚bheri, the drum announcing this order); Ja.iv.115; Ja.vi.346 (uposatha˚).

lit. mā ghāta “kill not”

…(+ pitipakkha). 8. -posaka supporting one’s m Ja.iii.422 (variant reading mātu˚). 9. mātu˚-upaṭṭhāna (spelt…

…night (esp the eve of the uposatha) Vin.i.288 (ratti); Vin.ii.236 (id.)

• -rāga pleasure & lust, passionate delight SN.ii.227…

…is the only means at our disposal to describe abstract notions of time and mentality); e.g. accutaṃ ṭhānaṃ, pāraṃ amataṃ padaṃ, amata…

…AN.i.205 sq. (˚uposatha), cp. AN.i.220; AN.ii.196 (˚sāvaka); AN.iii.276, AN.iii.383; AN.v.150 (dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgata);…

…offered, at one’s disposal, imminent, ready, present DN.iii.218 (˚kāmā) Iti.95 (id.); Snp.p.105; Iti.111; Kv.157, Kv.280; Mil.123.

pp….

…salākabhatta, pakkhika uposathika, pāṭipadika, Vin.i.58 = Vin.ii.175; Vin.iv.75; Ja.ii.210; Vism.66. 2. (cp. pakkha 2 & pakkhin 2)…

…day Snp.153 (pannaraso uposatho); pannarase on the 15^th day SN.i.191 = Thag.1234; MN.iii.20; Snp.502, Snp.1016 f. loc….

…Snp.153 (pannaraso uposatho); Vv.64#2 (paṇṇarase va cando; explained as paṇṇarasiyaṃ Vv-a.276); Dhp-a.i.388 (of age, 15 or 16…

to shake, disturb, break (fig.) Ja.v.173 (uposathaṃ).

paṭi + kopeti

…(cp. Dhp-a.ii.188). Cp posa.

abstr. fr. purisa, for *pauruṣa or *puruṣya)

Porisa²

neuter

1. business, doing of a man (or…

…a female attendant Vin.ii.289 (āpādikā +).

fr. posa²

nourishing, feeding, support Vv-a.137. Posapeti & Posaveti;

fr. puṣ

Err:501

Err:509

only-˚, in su˚ & dup˚; easy & difficult support Vin.ii.2.

abstr. fr. posa²

to nourish, support, look after, bring up, take care of, feed, keep Vin.i.269; SN.i.181; AN.i.117; Ja.i.134 Ja.iii.467; Cnd.36; Vism.305; Vv-a.138, Vv-a.299
pp posita -Caus. * …

…≈ DN-a.i.133 (posāvita, variant reading posāp˚). Posavanika & ya;

Caus. ii. fr. poseti

Posāvanika & ˚ya

adjective noun

1. (adj.) to be brought up, being reared fed Vin.i.272; Ja.iii.134, Ja.iii.432. -iya Dhp-a.iii.35; Ja.iii.35; Ja.iii.429 (& ˚iyaka).
2. (nt.) fee for bringing som …

Posāvanika & ˚ya

adjective noun

1. (adj.) to be brought up, being reared fed Vin.i.272; Ja.iii.134, Ja.iii.432. -iya Dhp-a.iii.35; Ja.iii.35; Ja.iii.429 (& ˚iyaka).
2. (nt.) fee for bringing som …

…≈ DN-a.i.133 (posāvita, variant reading posāp˚). Posavanika & ya;

Caus. ii. fr. poseti

…puruṣa, and the Prk
■ P. form purisa. The further contraction *pussa *possa yielded posa (q.v.). From the Prk. form…

…(q.v.). See also posa¹.

Vedic puṃs (weak base) and pumāṃs (strong base), often opp. to strī (woman, female); cp. putra…

…Vism.292 (puṇṇa-m-uposatha = puṇṇa-māuposatha), Vism.418 (Phagguṇa-puṇṇama-divase); Vv-a.66 (āsāḷhi p.); Pv-a.137…

…as they were recited on Uposatha days for the purpose of confession. See Geiger, P. Lit. c. 7, where literature is given; & cp.; Vin. Texts…

…with pakkhika & uposathika, i.e. food given on the half-moon days, on the 7^th day of the week & on the first day of the…

…so that he should keep the secret); Pv-a.7. 2. observance keeping Vv-a.71 (uposatha-sīla˚); Pv-a.102 (sīla˚), Pv-a.210…

…(sīlaṃ rakkhatha uposathaṃ karotha). 3. to keep (a) secret, to put away, to guard against (i.e. to keep away from Snp.702…

…Cakkadaha; hatthi from the Uposatha-race; assa˚ from the clan of Valāhassarāja, maṇi˚ from Vepulla, and the last 3 without specification….

…Vin.iii.23; DN.ii.154; uposathāgāraṃ to discontinue using a Vihāra as an Uposathāgāra Vin.i.107; sīmaṃ to remove the boundary…

…called aṭṭhaṅgika uposatha (see sīla 2b) e.g. Mhvs.37, Mhvs.202
■ diyaḍḍha-sikkhāpada-sata the 150…

…-posatā good nature Vin.i.45. -ppaṭikāra easy requital AN.i.123. -ppaṭipanna well conducted AN.ii.56;…

…uposatha* (or aṭṭhaṅgika u. “the fast-day with its 8 constituents.” They are discussed in detail at…

…(explained as tam-ah-uposathe, uposatha-divase ti at Snp-a.502); tadahe on the same day Pv-a.46; tadahū (id.) Ja.v.215 (= tasmiṃ…

…holy day); only in phrase uposathaṃ upavasati to observe the fast day SN.i.208; AN.i.142, AN.i.144, AN.i.205; Snp.402 (ger upavassa);…

celebrated, kept (of a fastday) AN.i.211 (uposatha); Snp.403 (uposatha). Cp. uposatha.

pp. of upavasati

…uposatha*; used extensively in BSk. in meaning of uposatha, e.g. at Avs.i.338, Avs.i.339; Divy.398 in phrase…

…Dhp-a.i.15 Dhp-a.i.205 (˚uposathakamma); Dhp-a.ii.85; Kp-a.239 (˚gāthā); Snp-a.298; Vv-a.38, Vv-a.61, Vv-a.120; Pv-a.209,…

…the eight sīlas is called uposathaṃ samādiyati (see sīlaṃ & samādiyati); uposatha-sīla observance of the Up. (Vv-a.71) The Up. day or…

…(adv.) on every U., i.e. every fortnight Vin.iv.315. 2. observing the Sabbath fasting (cp. BSk. uposadhika Mvu.ii.9); Vin.i.58; Vin.iv.75,…

adjective = uposathika, fasting Mhvs.17, Mhvs.6.

fr. upusatha

…-uposatha celebration (of the uposatha) in groups “incomplete congregation” (translation Oldenberg) Dpvs.7 36. More…

…Pv-a.78 (imper. vasatha). uposathaṃ vasaṃ (ppr.) keeping the Sunday Ja.vi.232 brahmacariyaṃ v. to live a chaste life MN.i.515 (cp. same…

…pānīyamāḷa˚ uposathāgāra˚, āgantuka˚, gamika˚).

orig. pp. of vattati

Vatta²

neuter the mouth (lit….

…= AN.i.132 = Iti.110 (+ posaka)
■ f. āpādikā a nurse, foster-mother Vin.ii.289 (+ posikā).

fr. ā + pad

…Vb.340; Vism.140 (˚posana); Pv-a.197. Snp-a.182 (˚vipatti), Snp-a.314 (˚suddhi), Kp-a.103 (˚sampatti) Cp. nirāsaya. 3. outflow,…

…separate Vin.ii.204 (˚uposatha etc.); Ja.i.490 (˚sangha-kammāni).

according to Trenckner, Notes 75 fr. ā + vinā “Sine quā non”,…

…the practice of (holding Uposatha in different residence (within the same boundary) Vin.ii.294, Vin.ii.300, Vin.ii.306 Dpvs.iv.47, cp….

…Vin.v.193 (uposathaṃ), Vin.v.196 (give advice); DN.i.120 (leaving out discarding); Dhp.40 (cittaṃ ṭh. make firm) Ja.i.62,…