Assu¹

neuter DN.i.115, DN.i.141; Dhp.67; Pp.56; DN-a.i.284; Pv-a.39. -mocana shedding of tears Pv-a.18.

Vedic aśru, Av. asrū, Lith aszarà, with etym. not definitely clear: see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under lacrima a tear Vin.i.87 (assūni pavatteti to shed tears); SN.ii.282 (id.); Dhp.74; Thig.496 (cp. Thag-a.289); Kp-a.65; Dhp-a.i.12 (˚puṇṇa-netta with eyes full of tears); Dhp-a.ii.98; Pv-a.125. -dhārā a shower of tears Dhp-a.iv.15 (pavatteti to shed) -mukha (adj.) with tearful face atthi*.

Assu³

indeclinable expletive part. also used in emphatic sense of “surely, yes, indeed” Snp.231 (according to Fausböll but preferably with P. T. S. ed. as tayas su for tay’ assu, cp. Kp-a.188); Vv.32#4 (assa variant reading SS) = Vv-a.135 (assū ti nipāta-mattaṃ). Perhaps we ought to take this assu³ together with the foll. assu⁴ as a modification of ssu (see su²). Cp. āsu.

Sk. sma

Assu⁴

part. for Sk. svid (and sma?) see under su². According to this view Fausbölls reading ken’ assu at Snp.1032 is to be emended to kena ssu.