pāsāda

See also: pasada and pasāda

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀤 (Brahmi script)
  • पासाद (Devanagari script)
  • পাসাদ (Bengali script)
  • පාසාද (Sinhalese script)
  • ပါသာဒ or ပႃသႃၻ (Burmese script)
  • ปาสาท or ปาสาทะ (Thai script)
  • ᨷᩤᩈᩣᨴ (Tai Tham script)
  • ປາສາທ or ປາສາທະ (Lao script)
  • បាសាទ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄛𑄂𑄥𑄂𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From pra- +‎ ā- +‎ sād (“sit”, root). Parallel to Sanskrit प्रासाद (prāsāda).

Noun

pāsāda m[1]

  1. a lofty platform,[2] a terrace,[1] a palace[1]
    • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:
      8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28
      පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
      පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.
      8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
      Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
      Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.
      8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
      having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
      as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.
      (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
      having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
      as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension
Declension table of "pāsāda" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)pāsādopāsādā
Accusative (second)pāsādaṃpāsāde
Instrumental (third)pāsādenapāsādehi or pāsādebhi
Dative (fourth)pāsādassa or pāsādāya or pāsādatthaṃpāsādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)pāsādasmā or pāsādamhā or pāsādāpāsādehi or pāsādebhi
Genitive (sixth)pāsādassapāsādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)pāsādasmiṃ or pāsādamhi or pāsādepāsādesu
Vocative (calling)pāsādapāsādā

References
  1. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 380.
  2. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pāsāda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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