tasmā

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• तस्मा (Devanagari script)
• তস্মা (Bengali script)
• තස‍්මා (Sinhalese script)
• တသ္မာ or တသ္မႃ or တသ်မႃ (Burmese script)
• ตสฺมา or ตัสมา (Thai script)
• ᨲᩈ᩠ᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕສ຺ມາ or ຕັສມາ (Lao script)
• តស្មា (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄥𑄴𑄟𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Case form of demonstrative stem ta (“that”)

Conjunction

tasmā

1. therefore
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ‎^[1] (overall work 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

1. ablative singular of ta (“him, that one”)

Adjective

tasmā

1. ablative singular masculine/neuter of ta (“that”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tasmā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead