praise, applause DN.iii.260; SN.i.202; Thag.609; Snp.213, Snp.826 Snp.895; Mil.377; Snp-a.155. In composition the form is pasaṃsa˚; e.g. -āvahana bringing applause Snp.256 -kāma desirous of praise Snp.825, cp. Mnd.163; -lābha gain of praise Snp.828. As adj. pasaṃsa “laudable praiseworthy” it is better taken as grd. of pasaṃsati (= pasaṃsiya); thus at Pv.iv.7#13 (pāsaṃsa Minayeff) Pv-a.8, Pv-a.89 (= anindita).

fr. pa + śaṃs; cp. Vedic praśaṃsā