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Davya *Dassati

ful body J ii.137. (see lokadhātu).
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Dasa [Sk. daśa=Av. dasa, Gr. δέκα, Lat. decem, Goth. taíhun, Dasa (—°) [Sk. — dṛśa; cp. dassa] seeing, to be seen, to be per-
Oir. deich, Ags. tīen, Ohg. zehan fr. *dekm̊, a cpd. of ceived or understood D i.18 (aññadatthu° sureseeing, all —
dv+km̊="two hands"] the number ten; gen. dasannaṁ (Dh perceiving=sabbaṁ passāmī ti attho DA i.111); Sn 653 (paṭic-
137); instr. dasahi (Kh iii.) & dasabhi (Vin i.38). In cpds. casamuppāda°), 733 (sammad°); J i.506 (yugamatta°; v. l.
(—°) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) & rasa (terasa 13; pannar° 15; dassa). — duddasa difficult to be seen or understood D i.12
aṭṭhār° 18). (dhammā gambhīrā d.; see gambhīra); M i.167, 487; Sn 938;
Metaphorical meaning. (A) In the first place 10 is used for Dh 252; also as sududdasa Dh 36.
measurement (more recent & comprehensive than its base 5);
Dasaka (nt.) 1. a decad, decade, a decennial J iv.397; DhsA 316.
it is the no. of a set or comprehensive unity, not in a vague (like
khiḍḍā° the decad of play Vism 619; cakkhu° etc. sense —
3 or 5), but in a definite sense. (B) There inheres in it the idea
decads Vism. 553; Comp. 164, 250; kāya°, Vism. 588.
of a fixed measure, with which that of an authoritative, solemn
Dasana [Sk. daśana to ḍasati] a tooth Dāvs v.3 (d.- dhātu, the
& auspicious importance is coupled. This applies to the unit
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as well as its decimal comb (100, 1000). Ethically it denotes tooth relic of the Buddha).
a circle, to fulfil all of which constitutes a high achievement Dasā (f.) & dasa (nt.) [Sk. daśā] unwoven thread of a web of
or power. cloth, fringe, edge or border of a garment D i.7 (dīgha° long
Application (A) (based on natural phenomena): dasa disā — fringed, of vatthāni); J v.187; DhA i.180; iv.106 (dasāni).
(10 points of the compass; see disā): Sn 719, 1122; PvA 71, — sadasa (nt.) a kind of seat, a rug (lit. with a fringe) Vin
etc.; d. lokadhātuyo Pv ii.9 61 (=10X1000; PvA 138); d. māse iv.171 (=nisīdana); opp. adasaka (adj.) without a fringe or
(10 months as time of gestation) kucchiyā pariharitvā J i.52; border Vin ii.301=307 (nisīdana). -anta edge of the border
PvA 43, 82. — (B) (fig.) 1. a set: (a) personal (cp. 10 people of a garment J i.467; DhA i.180 sq., 391.
would have saved Sodom: Gen. 18, 32; the 10 virgins (2X5) 1
Dasika (adj.) (—°) [Sk. dṛśika, cp. dassin] to be seen, to behold,
Matt. 25, 1): divase divase dasa dasa putte vijāyitvā (giving
being of appearance, only in dud° or frightful app., fierce, ugly
birth to 10 sons day by day) Pv i.6. — (b) impersonal: 10 com-
Si.94 & id. p. (q. v. under okoṭimaka); J i.504 (kodha, anger);
mandments (dasa sikkhāpadāni Vin i.83), cp. Exod. 34, 28; 10
PvA 24, 90 (of Petas). — Note. The spelling is sometimes
attributes of perfection of a Tathāgata or an Arahant: Tathā-
°dassika: A ii.85; Pug 51; PvA 90.
gata — balāni; with ref. to the Buddha see Vin i.38 & cp. Vin. 2
Dasika (adj.) [fr. dasā] belonging to a fringe, in dasika -sutta
Texts i.141 sq.; dasah' angehi samannāgato arahā ti vuccati (in
an unwoven or loose thread Vin iii.241; DhA iv.206 (°mattam
memorizing of No. 10) Kh iii. dasahi asaddhammehi sam°
pi not even a thread, i. e. nothing at all, cp. Lat. nihīlum=ne
kāko J iii.127; — 10 heavenly attributes (ṭhānāni): āyu etc. D
— fīlum not a thread=nothing). See also dasaka under dasā.
iii.146; S v.275; PvA 9, opp. 10 afflictions as punishment (cp.
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10 plagues Exod. 7 — 11): dasannaṁ aññataraṁ ṭhānaṁ ni- Dassa (—°) [Sk. — darśa; cp. dasa ] to see or to be seen, per-
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gacchati Dh 137 (=das. dukkha — kāraṇānaṁ, enum v. 138, ceiving, perceived Sn 1134 (appa° of small sight, not seeing
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139) "afflicted with one of the 10 plagues"; cp. DhA iii.70. far, knowing little=paritta — dassa thoka — dassa Nd 69).
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— 10 good gifts to the bhikkhu (see deyyadhamma) Nd 523; Cp. akkha° a judge Miln 114. -su° easily perceived (opp.
PvA 7; 10 rules for the king: PvA 161; — dividing the Em- duddasa) Dh 252.
pire into 10 parts: PvA 111; etc. vassa — dasa a decade: das' *Dassati [Sk. *darś in dadarśa pref. to dṛś; caus. darśa-yati.
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ev' imā vassa — dasā J iv.396 (enum under vassa); dasa —
Cp. Gr. δέρκομαι to see; Oir. derc eye; Ags. torht; Goth.
rāja — dhammā J ii.367; das' akkosa — vatthūni DhA i.212.
ga — tarhjan to make conspicuous. The regular Pāli Pres. is
— See on similar sets A v.1 — 310; D iii.266 — 271. — 2.
dakkhiti (younger dakkhati), a new formation from the aor.
a larger unity, a crowd, a vast number (of time & space): (a)
addakkhi=Sk. adrākṣīt. The Sk. Fut. draksyati would cor-
personal, often meaning "all" (cp. 10 sons of Haman were
respond formally to dakkhati, but the older dakkhiti points
slain Esth. 9, 10; 10 lepers cleansed at one time Luke 17, 12):
toward derivation from addakkhi. This new Pres. takes the
dasa bhātaro J i.307; dasa bhātikā PvA 111; dasa — kaññā —
function of the Fut.; whereas the Caus. dasseti implies a hy-
sahassa — parivārā PvA 210 etc. — (b) impersonal (cp. 10 X
pothetical Pres. *dassati. On dakkhati, etc. see also Kuhn,
10=many times, S.B.E. 43, 3): dasa — yojanika consisting of
Beitr. p. 116; Trenckner, Notes pp. 57, 61; Pischel, Prk. Gr.
a good many miles DhA iii.291. dasavassasahassāni dibbāni
§ 554] to see, to perceive.
vatthāni paridahanto ("for ever and aye") PvA 76, etc. 2
1. (pres.) base dakkh [Sk. drakṣ]: pres. (a) dakkhati Nd
-kkhattuṁ [Sk. °kṛtvah] ten times DhA i.388; -pada
428 (=passati), 1st dakkhāmi ibid. (=passāmi), 2nd dakkhasi
(nt.) a draught — board (with 10 squares on each side); a 13 2
S i.116; Pv ii.1 (v. l. BB adakkhi); imper. dakkha Nd 428
pre — Buddhistic game, played with men and dice, on such
(=passa). — (b) dakkhiti Sn 909 (v. l. BB dakkhati), 3rd pl.
a board D i.6; Vin ii.10=iii.180 (°e kīḷanti); DA i.85. -bala,
dakkhinti Vin i.16≈Sn p. 15 (v. l. BB dakkhanti); D i.46. —
[Sk. daśabala] endowed with 10 (supernormal) powers, Ep. of aor. addakkhi (Sk. adrakṣīt) Vin ii.195; S i.117; Sn 208 (=ad-
the Buddhas, esp. of Kassapa Buddha Vin i.38=J i.84; S ii.27; dasa SnA 257), 841, 1131; It 47; J iii.189; & dakkhi It 47; 1st
Vism 193, 391; DhA i.14; VvA 148, 206, etc. -vidha tenfold sg. addakkhiṁ Sn 938. Spelling also adakkhi (v. l. BB at Pv
DhA i.398. -sata ten times a hundred Vin i.38 (°parivāro); ii.1 ) & adakkhiṁ (Nd 423). — inf. dakkhituṁ Vin i.179.
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Sn 179 (yakkhā); DhsA 198 (°nayano). -sahassa ten times — Caus. p.p. dakkhāpita (shown, exhibited) Miln 119. —
a thousand (freq.); °ī in dasa — sahassi — lokadhātu Vin i.12 Der. dakkhin (q. v.).
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