palāsa

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Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit leaf, foliage; bastard teak

Noun[edit]

palāsa m or n

  1. leaf
Declension[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

palāsa n

  1. foliage[1]
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Noun[edit]

palāsa m[2]

  1. bastard teak,[2] i.e. Butea monosperma, formerly known as Butea frondosa
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Adjective[edit]

palāsa

  1. green[2]
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

palāsa m[1]

  1. Alternative form of paḷāsa (mercilessness)
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “palāsa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 321.