දෙසෙති

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Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

දෙසෙති (root dis, seventh conjugation)

  1. to point out
  2. to teach
  3. to preach
  4. to expound
    • c. 50 BCE, Saṃyutta Nikāya, Book XXII Upādāparitassanā Sutta; republished as The Ninth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Saṃyutta Nikāya (III): Khandhaka Vagga, 2006, page 28:
      උපාදාපරිතස‍්සනඤ‍්ච වො භික‍්ඛවෙ, දෙසිස‍්සාමි අනුයාදාඅපරිතස‍්සඤ‍්ච.
      upādāparitassanañca vo bhikkhave desissāmi anupādāaparitassanañca
      Mendicants, I will teach you how grasping leads to anxiety, and how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety.

Conjugation

Adjective

දෙසෙති (deseti)

  1. masculine and neuter locative singular of දෙසෙන‍්ත් (desent), present participle of the verb above

References

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