Atthavasa, Attha-vasa: 4 definitions
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Atthavasa 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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Pali-English dictionary
atthavasa : (m.) reason; use.
Atthavasa refers to: “dependence on the sense”, reasonableness, reason, consequence, cause D. II, 285; M. I, 464; II, 120; III, 150; S. II, 202; III, 93; IV, 303; V, 224; A. I, 61, 77, 98; II, 240; III, 72, 169, 237; Dh. 289 (= kāraṇa DhA. III, 435); It. 89; Sn. 297; Ud. 14.
Note: atthavasa is a Pali compound consisting of the words attha and vasa.
atthavasa (အတ္ထဝသ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[attha+vasa]
[အတ္ထ+ဝသ]
[Pali to Burmese]
atthavasa—
(Burmese text): (၁) အစီးအပွါး-အကျိုး-အာနိသင်-အထူး။ (၂) အကျိုးဆက်၊ အကျိုးအာနိသင်။ (၃) အကျိုးအာနိသင် အထူးတို့ကို ပြဆိုရာဖြစ်သော။ (၄) အကြောင်း။ (၅) ထူးသော အကြောင်း၊ အကြောင်းထူး။ (၆) အနက်၏ အစွမ်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Advantages - benefits - significance - specifically. (2) Consequences, implications. (3) Specifically addressing the implications. (4) Reasons. (5) Special reasons, exceptional circumstances. (6) The power of meaning.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Attha, Vaca, Vasa, Vassa.
Starts with (+0): Atthavasa Vagga, Atthavasapakarana, Atthavasapakaranavannana, Atthavasi, Atthavasika.
Full-text (+0): Atthavasika, Atthavasa Vagga, Atthavasapakarana, Atthavasi, Atthavasapakaranavannana, Arthavasha.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 288-289 - The Story of Paṭācārā < [Chapter 20 - Magga Vagga (The Path)]
Vinaya Pitaka (4): Parivara (by I. B. Horner)
Monks’ Analysis: on the Laying-Down-Where (Pārājika) < [1.1. Monks’ Analysis: on the Laying-Down-Where]