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Pali
Etymology
Contraction of ca assa.
Contraction
cāssa
- and were (optative mood)
c. 500 BCE, Alagaddūpama Suttaṃ; printed in Vilhelm Trenckner, compiler, Majjhima-nikāya, volume 1, Pali Text Society, 1888, page 134:Seyyathā pi bhikkhave puriso addhānamaɡɡapaṭipanno. so passeyya mahantaṁ udakaṇṇavaṁ, oriman - tīraṁ sāsaṅkaṁ sappaṭibhayaṁ pāriman - tīraṁ khemaṁ appaṭibhayaṁ, na câssa nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārā pāraṁ ɡamanāya;- "Suppose, brethren, there was a person traveling along the road. They’d see a large deluge, whose near shore was dubious and perilous, while the far shore was a sanctuary free of peril. But there was no ferryboat or bridge for crossing over.