hāsu

Hāsu˚

of uncertain origin occurs with hāsa˚; in combination with -pañña and is customarily taken in meaning “of bright knowledge” (i.e. hāsa + paññā), wise, clever The syn. javana-pañña points to a meaning like “quick-witted,” thus implying “quick” also in hāsu. Kern

Toevoegselen

i.134 puts forth the ingenious expln that hāsu is a “cockneyism” for āsu = Sk. āśu “quick,” which does not otherwise occur in Pāli. Thus his expln remains problematic
■ See e.g. MN.iii.25; SN.i.63; SN.v.376; Ja.iv.136; Ja.vi.255, Ja.vi.329
■ Abstr. -tā wisdom SN.v.412; AN.i.45.