චස‍්ස

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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 scripts

• 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)

1. Sinhala script form of cassa (“and [there] were”), contraction of ච අස‍්ස (ca assa).
   • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎^[1], 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.