දෙසෙති

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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දෙසෙති (root dis, seventh conjugation)

  1. to point out
  2. to teach
  3. to preach
  4. to expound
    • c. 50 BCE, Saṃyutta Nikāya, Book XXII Upādāparitassanā Sutta; republished as The Ninth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Saṃyutta Nikāya (III): Khandhaka Vagga[1], 2006, page 28:
      උපාදාපරිතස‍්සනඤ‍්ච වො භික‍්ඛවෙ, දෙසිස‍්සාමි අනුයාදාඅපරිතස‍්සඤ‍්ච.
      upādāparitassanañca vo bhikkhave desissāmi anupādāaparitassanañca
      Mendicants, I will teach you how grasping leads to anxiety, and how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety.

Conjugation

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Adjective

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දෙසෙති (deseti)

  1. masculine and neuter locative singular of දෙසෙන‍්ත් (desent), present participle of the verb above

References

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Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “දෙසෙති”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead