cāssa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀘𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• चास्स (Devanagari script)
• চাস্স (Bengali script)
• චාස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• စာဿ or ၸႃသ်သ (Burmese script)
• จาสฺส or จาสสะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩣᩔ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈາສ຺ສ or ຈາສສະ (Lao script)
• ចាស្ស (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄂𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

• cassa (Latin script)
• 𑀘𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• चस्स (Devanagari script)
• চস্স (Bengali script)
• චස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• စဿ or ၸသ်သ (Burmese script)
• จสฺส or จัสสะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩔ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈສ຺ສ or ຈັສສະ (Lao script)
• ចស្ស (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Contraction of ca assa.

Contraction

cāssa

1. and [there] were (optative mood)
   • c. 500 BCE, Alagaddūpama Suttaṃ; printed in Vilhelm Trenckner, compiler, Majjhima-nikāya‎^[1], volume 1, Pali Text Society, 1888, page 134:

     Seyyathā pi bhikkhave puriso addhānamaɡɡapaṭipanno. so passeyya mahantaṁ udakaṇṇavaṁ, oriman - tīraṁ sāsaṅkaṁ sappaṭibhayaṁ pāriman - tīraṁ khemaṁ appaṭibhayaṁ, na câssa nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārā pāraṁ ɡamanāya;

     "Suppose, brethren, there was a person traveling along the road. They’d see a large deluge, whose near shore was dubious and perilous, while the far shore was a sanctuary free of peril. But there was no ferryboat or bridge for crossing over.