sāsana

See also: Sasana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• सासन (Devanagari script)
• সাসন (Bengali script)
• සාසන (Sinhalese script)
• သာသန or သႃသၼ (Burmese script)
• สาสน or สาสะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᩈᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາສນ or ສາສະນະ (Lao script)
• សាសន (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄥𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit शासन (śāsana, “teaching, instruction, rule, order”).

Noun

sāsana n

1. teaching
2. order
3. message
4. doctrine

Declension

Declension table of "sāsana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sāsanaṃ	sāsanāni
Accusative (second)	sāsanaṃ	sāsanāni
Instrumental (third)	sāsanena	sāsanehi or sāsanebhi
Dative (fourth)	sāsanassa or sāsanāya or sāsanatthaṃ	sāsanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sāsanasmā or sāsanamhā or sāsanā	sāsanehi or sāsanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sāsanassa	sāsanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sāsanasmiṃ or sāsanamhi or sāsane	sāsanesu
Vocative (calling)	sāsana	sāsanāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: သာသနာ (sasa.na)
• → Malay: sasana
  • → Indonesian: sasana
• → Khmer: សាសនា (saasnaa)
• → Lao: ສາດສະໜາ (sāt sa nā)
• → Mon: သာသၞာ
• → Shan: သႃႇသၼႃႇ (sàa sǎ nàa)
• → Thai: ศาสนา (sàat-sà-nǎa)