ādesa

See also: adesa

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आदेश (ādeśa, advice, instruction). It might be a semantic loan from Sanskrit आदेश (ādeśa, substituted form or letter), but the construction is different.

Noun

ādesa m

  1. pointing out
  2. (grammar) substitution
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      ध इच्चेतस्स सरे परे क्वचि दकारादेसो होति।
      Dha iccetassa sare pare kvaci dakārādeso hoti.
      'Dh': Sometimes there is a change to 'd' for this next to another vowel.

Declension

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ādesa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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