AyuzmaM
āyuṣmaṃ , i.e. Skt. āyuṣman, functions like Pali āvuso (see āvusa and āyuṣmaṃvāda ), and like it (see Childers s.v. ) may be addressed to more than one person, sirs (usually to equals or inferiors): Mv i.328.16 (prose) (te bhikṣū … kumbhakārasya mātāpitarau etad uvāca), yatra āyuṣmaṃ bhikṣū ( n. pl. , so read with mss. , Senart wrongly em. bhikṣūṇāṃ) … tṛṇā na saṃbhuṇanti …