slave, often combined w. f. dāsī. Def. by Bdhgh as “antojāto” (DN-a.i.300), or as “antojātadhanakkīta-karamarânīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro” (ibid. DN-a.i.168)
■ In phrase dāsā ca kammakarā “slaves & labourers” Vin.i.243, Vin.i.272; Vin.ii.154; as dāso kammakaro “a slave-servant” DN.i.60 (cp. d. kammakara)
■ Vin.i.72, Vin.i.76 (dāso na pabbājetabbo the slave cannot become a bhikkhu); DN.i.72; MN.ii.68 (fig. taṇhā˚); Ja.i.200, Ja.i.223; Ja.iii.343 (bought for 700 kahāpaṇas), Ja.iii.347; Pp.56; Pv-a.112.

• -kammakara (porisa) a slave-servant, an unpaid labourer, a serf Vin.i.240; AN.i.206; DN.iii.189; Dhp-a.iv.1;
• -gaṇa a troop of slaves Pv.iv.1#41;
• -purisa a servant Ja.i.385;
• -porisa a servant, slave Snp.769 (cp. Mnd.11 where 4 kinds of d. are mentioned);
• -lakkhaṇa fortunetelling from (the condition of) slaves DN.i.9.

Ved. dāsa; orig. adj. meaning “non-Aryan,” i.e. slave (cp. Gr. βάρβαρος, Ger. sklave = slave); Av. dāha a Scythian tribe. Also connected w. dasyu (see dassukhīla)