vāsa

See also: vasa, Vasa, vása, vasā, våsă, and Váša

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• वास (Devanagari script)
• ৰাস (Bengali script)
• වාස (Sinhalese 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)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वास (vāsa). The Pali root is vas .

Noun

vāsa m

1. life
2. dwelling (both place and action)
3. sojourn

Declension

Declension table of "vāsa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vāso	vāsā
Accusative (second)	vāsaṃ	vāse
Instrumental (third)	vāsena	vāsehi or vāsebhi
Dative (fourth)	vāsassa or vāsāya or vāsatthaṃ	vāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vāsasmā or vāsamhā or vāsā	vāsehi or vāsebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vāsassa	vāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vāsasmiṃ or vāsamhi or vāse	vāsesu
Vocative (calling)	vāsa	vāsā

Derived terms

• vāsaṃ upagacchati (“to take up residence”)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vāsa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 610
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāsá²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 676