tasmā
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- तस्मा (Devanagari script)
- তস্মা (Bengali script)
- තස්මා (Sinhalese script)
- တသ္မာ (Burmese script)
- ตสฺมา or ตัสมา (Thai script)
- ᨲᩈ᩠ᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຕສ຺ມາ or ຕັສມາ (Lao script)
- តស្មា (Khmer script)
Etymology
Case form of demonstrative stem ta (“that”)
Conjunction
tasmā
- therefore
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 1; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- अक्खर-विपत्तियं अत्थस्स दुन्नयता होति। तस्मा अक्खर-कोसल्लं बहूपकारं सुत्तन्तेसु।
- Akkhara-vipattiyaṃ atthassa dunnayatā hoti. Tasmā akkhara-kosallaṃ bahūpakāraṃ suttantesu.
- The sense becomes unintelligible, if there occurs any mistake in the arrangement of letters. So, for one who is to prosecute the studies of the Discourses, a minute knowledge of letters is of immense use.
Pronoun
tasmā
- ablative singular of ta (“him, that one”)
Adjective
tasmā
- ablative singular masculine/neuter of ta (“that”)
References
tasmā in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)