masculine
Āsada [ā + sad; cf. āsajja and āsādeti] 1. approach, dealing with, business with (accusative), concern, affair, means of acting or getting Vin II 195 = Ja V 336 (mā kuñjara nāgam āsado); M I 326 (m'etaṃ āsado = mā etaṃ āsado do not meddle with this, literally, be not this any affair); Ja I 414 (cakkaṃ āsado you have to do with the wheel; interpreted as adjective in meaning patto = finding, getting); VI 528 (interpreted as aṅkusa a hook, i.e. means of getting something). 2. (as adjective) in phrase durāsada hard to sit on, i.e. hard to get at, unapproachable, difficult to attack or manage or conquer Snp 107 (cf. Pj II 451); Ja VI 272; Vv 50 16 (= anupagamanīyato kenaci pi anāsādanīyato ca durāsado Vv-a 213); Miln 21; Dīp V 21; VI 38; Saddh 384.
approach; attack, attacking
(adj, adj, in comps, from āsīdati) assaulting; attacking Construction: ā + √sad + a