adjective bad Ja.iv.435 = Ja.vi.235 (sataṃ vā asaṃ acc. sg. with variant reading santaṃ…, expl^d- by sappurisaṃ vā asappurisaṃ vā C.); Ja.v.448 (n. pl. f. asā expl^d. by asatiyo lāmikā C.; cp. Ja.v.446 Ja.v.319).

for asaṃ = asanto, a + santo, ppr. of as in meaning “good”