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Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Case form of demonstrative stem ta (“that”)
Conjunction
tasmā
- therefore
c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], page 1; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:अक्खर-विपत्तियं अत्थस्स दुन्नयता होति। तस्मा अक्खर-कोसल्लं बहूपकारं सुत्तन्तेसु।- Akkhara-vipattiyaṃ atthassa dunnayatā hoti. Tasmā akkhara-kosallaṃ bahūpakāraṃ suttantesu.
- The sense becomes unintelligible, if there occurs any mistake in the arrangement of letters. So, for one who is to prosecute the studies of the Discourses, a minute knowledge of letters is of immense use.
Pronoun
tasmā
- ablative singular of ta (“him, that one”)
Adjective
tasmā
- ablative singular masculine/neuter of ta (“that”)
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tasmā”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead