Passati, Pāssati: 2 definitions
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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypassati : (dis + a; dis is changed to pas.) sees; finds; understands.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPassati, (Vedic paśyati & *spaśati (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 (paś) interchanges with the paradigm dakkh° & dass° (dṛś): 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. passāma 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. paśyadhvaṃ) Sn. 998.—ppr. passaṃ (see Geiger, P. Gr. 972) M. II, 9; Sn. 739, 837, 909; & passanto J. III, 52; PvA. 5, 6; f. passantī 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. jānaṃ passaṃ): 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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Ends with: Abhipassati, Anupassati, Atipassati, Samanupassati, Sampassati, Vipassati.
Full-text (+30): Passi, Passamana, Passiya, Apassanto, Passitum, Passanta, Passitabba, Dittha, Passitva, Disva, Passika, Anupassati, Atipassati, Sampassati, Abhipassati, Ativijjhati, Avekkhati, Vipassati, Nijjhayati, Apatti.
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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)]
Verse 170 - The Story of Many Monks < [Chapter 13 - Loka Vagga (World)]
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
4.1. Origin and Development of the Dharmakāya < [Chapter 4 - The Thought of Buddha-Nature in the Laṅkāvatārasūtra]
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)
Discerning Formations as Void < [Chapter XXI - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way]
Insight (2): Knowledge of Dissolution < [Chapter XXI - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way]
(9) Mindfulness of Breathing < [Chapter VIII - Other Recollections as Meditation Subjects]
Gemstones of the Good Dhamma (by Ven. S. Dhammika)