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Pali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit आदेश (ādeśa, “advice, instruction”). It might be a semantic loan from Sanskrit आदेश (ādeśa, “substituted form or letter”), but the construction is different.
Noun
ādesa m
- pointing out
- (grammar) substitution
c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (overall work in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:ध इच्चेतस्स सरे परे क्वचि दकारादेसो होति।- Dha iccetassa sare pare kvaci dakārādeso hoti.
- 'Dh': Sometimes there is a change to 'd' for this next to another vowel.
Declension
Declension table of "ādesa" (masculine)
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ādesa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead