Passati, Pāssati: 2 definitions
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: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypassati : (dis + a; dis is changed to pas.) sees; finds; understands.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPassati, (Vedic 貹śyati & *s貹śati (aor. aspaṣṭa, Caus. spāśayati etc.); cp. Av. spasyeiti, Gr. skέptomai, (E. “scepsis�); Lat. species etc.; Ohg. spehon=Ger. spāhen (E. spy).—The paradigm pass°, which in literary Sk. is restricted to the pres. stem (貹ś) interchanges with the paradigm dakkh° & dass° (ṛ�): see dassati1) 1. to see � Pres. passati Vin. I, 322; S. I, 69, 132, 198; II, 29; Sn. 313, 647, 953, 1063, 1142 (cp. Nd2 428); Pv. I, 23; Miln. 218; PvA. 11, 102; 1st pl. 貹峾 Sn. 76, 153, 164; Pv. I, 101 (as future); imper. sg. passa Sn. 435, 580, 588, 756; J. I, 223; II, 159; Pv. II, 116, 119; PvA. 38; pl. passatha S. II, 25; Sn. 176 sq. , 777, & passavho (cp. Sk. 貹śyadhva�) Sn. 998.—p. 貹� (see Geiger, P. Gr. 972) M. II, 9; Sn. 739, 837, 909; & passanto J. III, 52; PvA. 5, 6; f. 貹Գī S. I, 199.—grd. passitabba J. IV, 390 (a°).—fut. passissati Pv. II, 46; PvA. 6.—aor. passi J. II, 103, 111; III, 278, 341.�2. to recognise, realise, know: only in combination with jānāti (pres. jānāti passati; ppr. jāna� 貹�): see jānāti 11.�3. to find Sn. 1118 (=vindati paṭilabhati Nd2 428b); J. III, 55; Pv. II, 99.�Cp. vi°. (Page 447)
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Pāssati, fat. of pibati (for pivissati). (Page 456)

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Full-text (+36): Dattha, Passiya, Apassanto, Addakkhi, Passitum, Apassittha, Passi, Passanta, Addasam, Addasama, Passamana, Passitabba, Passitva, Passika, Anupassati, Atipassati, Sampassati, Abhipassati, Adda, Ativijjhati.
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Ahara as depicted in the Pancanikaya (by Le Chanh)
7. Bhuta-sutta (“Become or Come to be�) < [Appendix 1 - Buddha's teachings on Ahara (Pali texts and English translations)]
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 119-120 - The Story of Anāthapiṇḍika < [Chapter 9 - Pāpa Vagga (Evil)]
Verse 277-279 - The Story of Five Hundred Monks < [Chapter 20 - Magga Vagga (The Path�)]
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Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Bhūmi 8: the unshakeable ground (acalā) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Appendix 2 - The benefits of loving-kindness (maitrī or metta) < [Chapter XXXII-XXXIV - The eight classes of supplementary dharmas]
Buddhas of the present: Preliminary note (4) < [Part 7 - Seeing, hearing and understanding all the Buddhas of the present]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
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