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Dasa 151 Dassati
Application (A) (based on natural phenomena) : dasa
disa (10 points of the compass ; see disa) : Sn 719, 1 122 ;
PvA 71, etc.; d. lokadhatuyo Pv 11.9°' ( = 10x1000;
PvA 138); d. mase (10 months as time of gestation)
kucchiya pariharitva J 1.52 ; PvA 43, 82. — (B) (fig.)
I. a set : (a) personal (cp. 10 people would have saved
Sodom : Gen. 18, 32 ; the 10 virgins (2 x 5) Matt. 25, i)
divase divase dasa dasa putte vijayitva (giving birth
to 10 sons day by day) Pv 1.6. — (b) impersonal : 10
commandments (dasa sikkhapadani Vin 1.83), cp. Exod.
34, 28 ; 10 attributes of perfection of a Tathagata or an
Arahant : Tathagata-balani ; with ref. to the Buddha
see Vin.1.38 & cp. Vin Texts 1.141 sq. ; dasah' angehi
samannagato araha ti vuccati (in memorizing of No. 10)
Kh III. dasahi asaddhammehi sam° kako J 111.127;
— 10 heavenly attributes (thanani) : ayu etc. D 111.146 ;
S V.275 ; PvA
9, opp. 10 afflictions as punishment (cp.
10 plagues Exod. 7-11): dasannai) afiiiatarag thanai)
nigacchati Dh 137 (=das. dukkha-karananag, enum"*
V. 138, 139) "afflicted with one of the 10 plagues";
cp. DhA 111.70. — 10 good gifts to the bhikkhu (see
deyyadhamma) Nd^ 523 ; PvA 7 ; 10 rules for the king
PvA 161 — dividing the ; Empire into to parts: PvA
111, etc. vassa-dasa a decade : das' ev' inia vassa-dasa
J IV. 396 (enum'' under vassa) ; dasa-raja-dharama
J 11.367; das' akkosa-vatthiini DhA 1.212.— See on
similar sets A v.i-310; D iii.266-27'i. — 2. a larger
unity, a crowd, a vast number (of time & space)
(a) personal, often meaning " all " (cp. 10 sons of
Haman were slain Esth. 9, 10 ; 10 lepers cleansed at one
time Luke 17, 12) : dasa bhataro J 1.307 ; dasa bhatika
PvA 111; dasa-kaniia-sahassa-parivara PvA 2 10 etc. —
(b) impersonal (cp. 10 x 10 = many times, S.B.E. : 43, 3)
dasa-yojanika consisting of a good many miles DhA
III. 291. dasavassasahassani dibbani vatthani paridahanto
(" for ever and aye ") PvA 76, etc.
-kkhattug [Sk. °krtvah} ten times DhA 1.388 ; -pada
(nt.) a draught-board (with 10 squares i>n each side)
a pre-Buddhistic game, played with men and dice, on
such a board D 1.6; Vin 11.10=111.180 (°e kijanti)
DA 1.85. -bala, [Sk.daSabala] endowed with 10 (supernormal)
powers, Ep. of the Buddhas, esp. of Kassapa
Buddha Vin 1.38 = ) 1.84; S 11.27; Vism 193. 391;
DhA 1. 14; VvA 148, 206, etc. -vidha tenfold i)hA
1.398. -sata ten times a hundred Vin 1.38 ("parivaro)
Sn 179 (yakkha) ; DhsA 198 ("nayano). -sahassa ten
times a thousand (freq.) ; "i in dasa-saha.ssi-lokadhatu
Vin 1. 12 (see lokadhatu).
Dasa' (-°) [Sk.-d^a ; cp. dassa] seeing, to be seen, to be
perceived or understood D 1.18 (afuiadatthu" sureseeing,
all-perceiving = sabbar) passami ti attho DA
1. 1 11); Sn 653 (paficcasamuppada"), 733 (sammad")
J 1.506 (yugamatta" ; v. 1. dassa). — duddasa difficult
to be seen or understood D 1.12 (dhamma gambhira d. ;
see gambhira) ; M 1.167, 4''? ; Sn 938 ; Dh 252 ; also as
sududdasa Dh 36.
Dasaka (nt.) i. a decad, decade, a decennial J iv.397
DhsA 316. khidda" the decad of play Vism 6 19 ; cakkhu"
etc. sense-decads Vism. 553: Cornp. 164, 250; kSya°,
Vism. 588.
Dasana [Sk, daiana to ijasati] a tooth Davs v. 3 (d.dhatu,
the tooth relic of the Buddha).
Dasa (f.) 4 dasa ^nt.) fSk. daiia] unwoven thread of a web
of cloth, fringe, edge or border of a garment D 1.7
(digha° long-fringed, of vatthani) ; J v. 187 ; DhA 1.180 ;
iv.io6 (da^ani). — sadasa (nt.) a kind of seat, a rug
(lit. with a fringe) Vin iv, 1 7 1 ( = nisTdana) ; opp. adasaka
(adj.) without a fringe or border Vin 11.301 =307 (nisidana).
-anta edge of the border of a garment J 1.467 ;
DhA 1. 180 sq., 391.
Dasika' (adj.) (-°) [Sk. dr^ika, cp. dassin] to be seen, to
behold, being of appearance, only in dud° or frightful
app., fierce, ugly Si .94 & id. p. (q. v. under okotimaka)
; J 1.504 (kodha. anger) ; PvA 24, 90 (of Petas).
— Note. The spelling is sometimes °dassika : A 11.85 ;
Pug 51 ;
PvA 91).
Dasika^ (adj.) ffr. dasa] belonging to a fringe, in dasika
-sutta an unwoven or loose thread Vin 111.241 ; DhA
IV.206 ("mattam pi not even a thread, i. e. nothing at
all, cp. Lat. nihllum = ne-filum not a thread = nothing).
See also dasaka under dasa.
Dassa (-°) [Sk. -darsa ; cp. dasa'] to see or to be seen, perceiving,
perceived Sn 1134 (appa° of small sight, not
seeing far. knowing little = paritta-dassa thoka-dassa
Nd^ 69). Cp. akkha° a judge Miln 114. -su° easily
perceived (opp. duddasa) Dh 252.
•Dassati^ [Sk. *dars in dadarsa pref. to dfi; caus. dar^ayati.
Cp. Gr. lipKniiai to see ; Oir. derc eye ; Ags.
torht ; Goth, ga-tarhjan to make conspicuous. The
regular Pali Pres. is dakkhiti (younger dakkhati), a
new formation from the aor. addakkhi = Sk. adraksit.
The Sk. Fut. draksyati would correspond formally to
dakkhati, but the older dakkhiti points toward derivation
from addakkhi. Ihis new Pres. takes the function
of the Fut. ; whereas the Caus dasseti implies a
hypothetical Pres. *dassati. On dakkhati, etc. see also
Kuhn, Beitr. p. 116; Trenckner, Notes pp. 57, 61;
Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 554] to see, to perceive.
1. (pres.) base dakkh [Sk. draksj : pres. (a) dakkhati
Nd' 428 (=passati), 1st dakkhami ibid. (=passami),
2nd dakkhasi S 1.116; Pv 11. i" (v. 1. BB adakkhi)
imper. dakkha Nd' 428 ( = passa). — (b) dakkhiti Sn 909
(v. 1. BB dakkhati), 3rd pi. dakkhinti Vin i.i6Sr'Sn p. 15
(v. 1. BB dakkhanti)-; D 1.46. — aor. addakkhi (Sk.
adraksit) Vin 11.195; S 1.1 17; Sn 208 (=addasa SnA
dakkhi It 47; 1st
257), 841, 1 131 ; It 47 ; J III. 189 ; &
sg. addakkhir) Sn 938. Spelling also adakkhi (v. 1.
BB at Pv 11.1 13) & adakkhir) (Nd= 423). — inf. dakkhitui)
Vin 1. 79. — Caus. 1 p.p. dakkhapita (shown, exhibited)
Miln 119. — Der. dakkhin (q. v.).
2. (pret.) base dass (Sk. dars & dras) : aor. (a) addasa
(Sk. adarsat) Sn 358, 679, ini6 ; J 1.222 ; iV.2 ; Pv 11. 3'^
(ma addasa ^addakkhig PvA 88) ; DhA 1.26; PvA 73.
I't (older, cp. agama) addasa Vin 11. 192, 195 ; D 1.112 ;
II. 16 ; Sn 41-9 (v. 1. BB addasa), 910 (id.) ; Miln 24, ist
sg. addasag S i.ioi ; Nd'423 & addasag Sn 837 ( = adakkhig
Nd' 185), ist pi. addasama Sn 31. 178, 450, 3rd
pi. (ma) addasug Pv 11. 7' ( = ma passigsu PvA 102). —
(b) addasasi, 1st sg. addasasig Sn 937, 1145; Vv 35^'
11.16
(v. 1. addasami), 3rd pi. addasasug Vin 11. 195 ; D
M 1.153. — (c) shortened forms of aor. are : adda Th 1,
986; adda J vi.125, 126. — inf. dafthug Sn 685 (datthu-
kama) ;
J 1.290; Pv iv.i^ ( = passitug PvA 219); PvA
48, 79; VvA 75. — ger. dat^hu (=Sk. dr?tva) Sn 424
(in phrase nekkhammag dafthu khemato) = 1098 ; 681.
Expl. at Nd' 292 with expl. of disva=passitva, etc. —
grd. datthabba (to be regarded as) D 11. 154 ; PvA 8, 9,
10, etc., Vism 464; &- dassaniya (see sep.). .'Vlso in
Caus. (see below) & in datthar (q. v.).
3. (med.-pass.) base diss (Sk. dfs) : pres. pass, dissati
194, 441,,688 (dis-
(to be seen, to appear) Vin 1.16 ; Sn
sare), 956; J 1.138; Dh 304 ; Pv i.8< ; PvA 61 (dis.sasi
you look, intrs.) ppr. dissamana (visible) Pv.\ ; 71, 6
("rupa), 162 (id.) ; VvA 78 (°kaya) ; Mhvs. vii.35, & der.
dissamanatta (nt.) (visibility) PvA 103. — ger. disva
Sn 48, 4( 9, 687 sq. It 76 ; PvA 67, 68, etc., & disvana
299, 415. 1017 ; Pv 11.8", etc., also a
Vin 1.15 ; 11.195 ; Sn
ger. form dittha,q. v. under adiftha. — pp. diftha (q. v.).
4. Caus. (of base 2) dasseti (Sk. dar^ayati), aor.
dassesi & (exceptional) dassayi, only in dassayi tumag
showed himself at Pv 111. 2« (=attanag uddisayi PvA
181) & III. 2'* (=attan.ig dassayi dassesi pakato ahosi
PvA 185). 3rd pi. dasscsug ger. da,ssetva ; ; inf. dassetug
to point out, exhibit, explain, intimate Dh 83 ;
J PvA
1.84, 200, 263, 266; 11.128, 159; III. 53. 82 ;
4, 8,