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Dasika2 (adj.) [fr. das!] belonging to a fringe, in dasika -- sutta an unwoven or loose thread Vin iii.241;<br />

DhA iv.206 (˚mattam pi not even a thread, i. e. nothing at all, cp. Lat. nih"lum=ne -- f"lum not a<br />

thread=nothing). See also dasaka under das!.<br />

Dassa<br />

Dassa ( -- ˚) [Sk. -- dar$a; cp. dasa2] to see or to be seen, per- ceiving, perceived Sn 1134 (appa˚ of small<br />

sight, not seeing far, knowing little=paritta -- dassa thoka -- dassa Nd2 69). Cp. akkha˚ a judge Miln 114. --<br />

su˚ easily perceived (opp. duddasa) Dh 252.<br />

*Dassati<br />

*Dassati1 [Sk. *dar$ in dadar$a pref. to d%$; caus. dar$a- yati. Cp. Gr. de/ rkomai to see; Oir. derc eye; Ags.<br />

torht; Goth. ga -- tarhjan to make conspicuous. <strong>The</strong> regular P!li Pres. is dakkhiti (younger dakkhati), a new<br />

formation from the aor. addakkhi=Sk. adr!k+"t. <strong>The</strong> Sk. Fut. draksyati would correspond formally to<br />

dakkhati, but the older dakkhiti points toward derivation from addakkhi. This new Pres. takes the function<br />

of the Fut.; whereas the Caus. dasseti implies a hypothetical Pres. *dassati. On dakkhati, etc. see also Kuhn,<br />

Beitr. p. 116; Trenckner, Notes pp. 57, 61; Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 554] to see, to perceive. 1. (pres.) base dakkh<br />

[Sk. drak+]: pres. (a) dakkhati Nd2 428 (=passati), 1st dakkh!mi ibid. (=pass!mi), 2nd dakkhasi S i.116; Pv<br />

ii.113 (v. l. BB adakkhi); imper. dakkha Nd2 428 (=passa). -- (b) dakkhiti Sn 909 (v. l. BB dakkhati), 3rd<br />

pl. dakkhinti Vin i.16#Sn p. 15 (v. l. BB dakkhanti); D i.46. -- aor. addakkhi (Sk. adrak+"t) Vin ii.195; S<br />

i.117; Sn 208 (=addasa SnA 257), 841, 1131; It 47; J iii.189; & dakkhi It 47; 1st sg. addakkhi' Sn 938.<br />

Spelling also adakkhi (v. l. BB at Pv ii.113) & adakkhi' (Nd2 423). -- inf. dakkhitu' Vin i.179. -- Caus.<br />

p.p. dakkh!pita (shown, exhibited) Miln 119. -- Der. dakkhin (q. v.). 2. (pret.) base dass (Sk. dar$ & dra$):<br />

aor. (a) addasa (Sk. adar$at) Sn 358, 679, 1016; J i.222; iv.2; Pv ii.323 (m! addasa=addakkhi' PvA 88);<br />

DhA i.26; PvA 73, & (older, cp. agam!) addas! Vin ii.192, 195; D i.112; ii.16; Sn 409 (v. l. BB addasa),<br />

910 (id.); Miln 24, 1st sg. addasa' S i.101; Nd2 423 & addasa' Sn 837 (=adakkhi' Nd1 185), 1st pl.<br />

addas!ma Sn 31, 178, 459, 3rd pl. (m!) addasu' Pv ii.76 (=m! passi'su PvA 102). (b) addas!si, 1st sg.<br />

addas!si' Sn 937, 1145; Vv 3552 (v. l. addas!mi), 3rd pl. addas!su' Vin ii.195; D ii.16; M i.153. -- (c)<br />

shortened forms of aor. are: adda Th 1, 986; add! J vi.125, 126. -- inf. da&&hu' Sn 685 (da&&huk!ma); J<br />

i.290; Pv iv.13 (=passitu' PvA 219); PvA 48, 79; VvA 75. -- ger. da&&hu (=Sk. d%+&v!) Sn 424 (in phrase<br />

nekkhamma' da&&hu khemato)=1098; 681. Expl. at Nd2 292 with expl. of disv!=passitv!, etc. grd.<br />

da&&habba (to be regarded as) D ii.154; PvA 8, 9, 10, etc., Vism 464; & dassan"ya (see sep.). Also in Caus.<br />

(see below) & in da&&har (q. v.). 3. (med. -- pass.) base diss (Sk. d%$): pres. pass. dissati (to be seen, to<br />

appear) Vin i.16; Sn 194, 441, 688 (dissare), 956; J i.138; Dh 304; Pv i.84; PvA 61 (dissasi you look,<br />

intrs.); ppr. dissam!na (visible) PvA 71, 6 (˚r(pa), 162 (id.); VvA 78 (˚k!ya); Mhvs. vii.35, & der.<br />

dissam!natta (nt.) (visibility) PvA 103. -- ger. disv! Sn 48, 409, 687 sq. It 76; PvA 67, 68, etc., & disv!na<br />

Vin i.15; ii.195; Sn 299, 415, 1017; Pv ii.87, etc., also a ger. form di&&h!, q. v. under adi&&h!. -- pp. di&&ha (q.<br />

v.). 4. Caus. (of base 2) dasseti (Sk. dar$ayati), aor. dassesi & (exceptional) dassayi, only in dassayi tuma'<br />

showed himself at Pv iii.24 (=att!na' uddisayi PvA 181) & iii.216 (=att!na' dassayi dassesi p!ka&o ahosi<br />

PvA 185). 3rd pl. dassesu'; ger. dassetv!; inf. dassetu' to point out, exhibit, explain, intimate Dh 83; J i.84,<br />

200, 263, 266; ii.128, 159; iii.53, 82; PvA 4, 8,<br />

-- 317 --<br />

16 (ov!da' d. give advice), 24, 45, 73 etc. -- to point to (acc.) PvA 151 (sunakha'), 257 (d!raka'). -- to<br />

make manifest, to make appear, to show or prove oneself; also intr. to appear J ii.154 (dubbalo viya hutv!<br />

att!na' dassesi: appeared weak); vi.116; Pv iii.23 (=sammukh"bh!va' gacchanti PvA 181); PvA 13 (mitto<br />

viya att!na' dassetv!: acting like a friend), Miln 271. Esp. in phrase att!na' dasseti to come into<br />

appearance (of Petas): PvA 32, 47, 68, 79, etc. (cp. above dassayi). -- pp. dassita.<br />

Dassati<br />

Dassati2 fut. of dad!ti, q. v.

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