…→ *pussa → *possa → posa. So Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 30#3

Posa²

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

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 (

Toevoegselen

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,…