Ayasmant, 膧yasmant: 1 definition
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Ayasmant means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary膧yasmant, (adj.) (Sk. 膩yu峁ant, the P. form showing assimilation of u to a) lit. old, i.e. venerable; used, either as adj. or absolute as a respectful appellation of a bhikkhu of some standing (cp. the semantically identical thera). It occurs usually in Nom. 腻测补蝉尘腻 and is expld. in Nd by typical formula 鈥減iya-vacana峁� garu掳, sag膩rava-sappa峁璱ss芒dhivacana峁冣��, e.g. Nd1 140, 445; Nd2 130 on var. Sn. loci (e.g. 814, 1032, 1040, 1061, 1096).鈥攆requent in all texts, of later passages see SnA 158; PvA. 53, 54, 63, 78.鈥擲ee also 腻惫耻蝉辞. (Page 105)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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