cāssa

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀘𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • चास्स (Devanagari script)
  • চাস্স (Bengali script)
  • චාස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
  • စာဿ or ၸႃသ်သ (Burmese script)
  • จาสฺส or จาสสะ (Thai script)
  • ᨧᩣᩔ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຈາສ຺ສ or ຈາສສະ (Lao script)
  • ចាស្ស (Khmer script)
  • 𑄌𑄂𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • cassa (Latin script)
  • 𑀘𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • चस्स (Devanagari script)
  • চস্স (Bengali script)
  • චස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
  • စဿ or ၸသ်သ (Burmese script)
  • จสฺส or จัสสะ (Thai script)
  • ᨧᩔ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຈສ຺ສ or ຈັສສະ (Lao script)
  • ចស្ស (Khmer script)
  • 𑄌𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Contraction of ca assa.

Contraction

cāssa

  1. and [there] were (optative mood)
    • c. 500 BCE, Alagaddūpama Suttaṃ; printed in Vilhelm Trenckner, compiler, Majjhima-nikāya‎, volume 1, Pali Text Society, 1888, page 134:
      Seyyathā pi bhikkhave puriso addhānamaɡɡapaṭipanno. so passeyya mahantaṁ udakaṇṇavaṁ, oriman - tīraṁ sāsaṅkaṁ sappaṭibhayaṁ pāriman - tīraṁ khemaṁ appaṭibhayaṁ, na câssa nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārā pāraṁ ɡamanāya;
      "Suppose, brethren, there was a person traveling along the road. They’d see a large deluge, whose near shore was dubious and perilous, while the far shore was a sanctuary free of peril. But there was no ferryboat or bridge for crossing over.
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