වාස

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vāsa (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• वास (Devanagari script)
• ৰাস (Bengali script)
• ဝါသ or ဝႃသ (Burmese script)
• วาส or วาสะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາສ or ວາສະ (Lao script)
• វាស (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄥 (Chakma script)

Noun

වාස m

1. Sinhala script form of vāsa
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎^[1], page 2:

     2. අථ ඛො භගවා අම‍්බලට‍්ඨිකායං රාජාගාරකෙ එකරත‍්තිවාසං උපගංඡි සද‍්ධිං භික‍්ඛුසඞ‍්ඝෙන.

     2. Atha kho bhagavā ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ rājāgārake ekarattivāsaṃ upagaṃchi saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghena.

     2. Now the Blessed One put up at the royal rest-house in the Ambalatthikā pleasance to pass the night and with him the company of the brethren.

   • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[2], page 558:

     භූතපුබ‍්බාහං
     භන‍්තෙ සෙනං අබභූය්‍යානො සමානො ඉමෙව ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා
     ථපතයො වීමංසමානො අඤ‍්ඤතරස‍්මිං සම‍්බාධෙ ආවසථෙ වාසං
     උපගඤ‍්ඡිං.

     Bhūtapubbāhaṃ
     bhante senaṃ abbhūyyāno samāno imeva isidattapurāṇā
     thapatayo vīmaṃsamāno aññatarasmiṃ sambādhe āvasathe vāsaṃ
     upagañchiṃ.

     Once, sir, while I was leading the army on campaign and at the same time testing these self-same chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa I took up residence in a certain cramped house.

Declension

Declension table of "වාස" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	වාසො (vāso)	වාසා (vāsā)
Accusative (second)	වාසං (vāsaṃ)	වාසෙ (vāse)
Instrumental (third)	වාසෙන (vāsena)	වාසෙහි (vāsehi) or වාසෙභි (vāsebhi)
Dative (fourth)	වාසස‍්ස (vāsassa) or වාසාය (vāsāya) or වාසත්‍ථං (vāsatthaṃ)	වාසානං (vāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	වාසස‍්මා (vāsasmā) or වාසම‍්හා (vāsamhā) or වාසා (vāsā)	වාසෙහි (vāsehi) or වාසෙභි (vāsebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	වාසස‍්ස (vāsassa)	වාසානං (vāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	වාසස‍්මිං (vāsasmiṃ) or වාසම‍්හි (vāsamhi) or වාසෙ (vāse)	වාසෙසු (vāsesu)
Vocative (calling)	වාස (vāsa)	වාසා (vāsā)