පලාස

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

පලාස m or n

  1. Sinhala script form of palāsa (leaf)
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I), page 336:
      යන‍්නූනාහං තිණකට‍්ඨසාඛාපලාසං සඞ‍්කඩ‍්ඪිත්‍වා කුල‍්ලං බන්‍ධිත්‍වා තං කුල‍්ලං නිස‍්සාය හත්‍ථෙහි ච පාදෙහි ච වායමමානො සොත්‍ථිනා පාරං උත‍්තරෙය්‍යන‍්ති.”
      Yannūnāhaṃ tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṃ saṅkaḍḍhitvā kullaṃ bandhitvā taṃ kullaṃ nissāya hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyamamāno sotthinā pāraṃ uttareyyanti."
      ‘Why don’t I gather grass, sticks, branches, and leaves and make a raft? Riding on the raft, and paddling with my hands and feet, I can safely reach the far shore.’

Declension

The wording in the PTS[1] implies that the masculine plural is not used for 'leaves' or 'foliage'.

Noun

පලාස n

  1. Sinhala script form of palāsa (foliage)

Declension

Noun

පලාස m

  1. Sinhala script form of palāsa (bastard teak)

Declension

Adjective

පලාස

  1. Sinhala script form of palāsa (green)

Declension

Noun

පලාස m

  1. Alternative form of පළාස (paḷāsa, mercilessness)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “palāsa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead