tasmā

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • तस्मा (Devanagari script)
  • তস্মা (Bengali script)
  • තස‍්මා (Sinhalese script)
  • တသ္မာ (Burmese script)
  • ตสฺมา or ตัสมา (Thai script)
  • ᨲᩈ᩠ᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຕສ຺ມາ or ຕັສມາ (Lao script)
  • តស្មា (Khmer script)

Etymology

Case form of demonstrative stem ta (“that”)

Conjunction

tasmā

  1. therefore
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (in Pali), 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

  1. ablative singular of ta (“him, that one”)

Adjective

tasmā

  1. ablative singular masculine/neuter of ta (“that”)

References

tasmā in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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