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Vāsiṣṭha (= Pali Vāseṭṭha, so used e.g. DN ii.158.32 ; 159.5 ; iii.209.8 , cf. Senart , Mv i note 403 ; mss. of Mv usually Vāśiṣṭa; the mg. not recognized in Pali Dictt. ), voc. in polite address to anyone without regard to ancestry, sirs! gentlemen! mes amis! ( Senart , l. c. ): sg. Mv i.257.9 , King Śreṇiya Bimbisāra to Tomara the Licchavi; iii.368.4 ( mss. Vāśiṣṭo), to Śarabhaṅga, whose gotra was Kauṇḍinya 370.12 , as in Pali Koṇḍañña Jāt. v.140.17 ; generally pl. , ā or (oftener) -āho; -ā Mv i.283.13 ( v.l. -āho), 14; 286.14 (in all three Buddha to Licchavis); -āho Mv i.38.4 (Abhiya to two unnamed perfume-merchants in Vasumata); to Licchavis, the speaker being usually the Buddha, i.257.13, 15, 19 ; 271.12, 18, 19 ; 283.9 ; 286.13, 22 ; 288.1, 4, 11, 13 ; 289.12, 14, 16 ; 290.1, 3, 4 ; 300.1 ff. ; Śuddhodana to Śākyas, iii.108.7 ; Buddha to men of Vaiśālī, MSV i.225.18 ; 228.22 .