චස්ස
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- cassa (Latin script)
- 𑀘𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- चस्स (Devanagari script)
- চস্স (Bengali 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)
Alternative forms
- cāssa (Latin script)
- 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)
Contraction
චස්ස (cassa)
- Sinhala script form of cassa (“and [there] were”), contraction of ච අස්ස (ca assa).
- 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I), page 336:
- 25. සෙය්යථාපි භික්ඛවෙ පුරිසො අද්ධානමග්ගපටිපන්නො - සො පස්සෙය්ය මහන්තං උදකණ්ණවං, ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ්කං සප්පටිභයං, පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප්පටිභයං, න චස්ස නාවා සන්තාරණී උත්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය;
- 25. Seyyathāpi bhikkhave puriso addhānamaggapaṭipanno - so passeyya mahantaṃ udakaṇṇavaṃ, orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ, pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ, na cassa nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya;
- 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.
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