sāya
See also: saya
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
sāya
- This word appears to exist only in dictionaries, where it was claimed to be masculine. An alternative citation form for this word is sāyo. For the attested word, see sāyaṃ (“at night”).
References edit
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sāya”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
- Aufrecht, Halāyudha p. 380, remarks: "this word seems to be the gerund of sā, and to have signified originally ʻ having finished. ʼ A masc. sāya does not exist."*