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ayasmant

āyasmant

adjectif : vénérable

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede

āyasmant (adj.) [Sk.āyuṣmant,the P.form showing assimilation of u to a] lit.old,i.e.venerable; used,either as adj.or absolute as a respectful appellation of a bhikkhu of some standing (cp.the semantically identical thera).It occurs usually in Nom.āyasmā and is expld. in Nd by typical formula “piya-vacanaṁ garu°,sagārava-sappaṭissâdhivacanaṁ",e.g.Nd1 140,445; Nd2 130 on var.Sn.loci (e.g.814,1032,1040,1061,1096).– Freq.in all texts,of later passages see SnA 158; PvA.53,54,63,78.– See also āvuso.

Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)

āyuṣmat [-mat] a. m. n. f. āyuṣmatī : bien portant ; doué de longue vie ; âgé, vénérable — m. adr. Votre Éminence, Vénérable