masculine · dāsa 1 · dāsa 2
Dāsa [Vedic dāsa; originally adjective meaning "non-Aryan," i.e. slave (cf. Greek βάρβαρος, German sklave = slave); Avesta dāha = a Scythian tribe. Also connected with dasyu (see dassukhīla)] a slave, often combined with feminine dāsī. Definition by Buddhaghosa as "antojāto" (Sv I 300), or as "antojāta-dhanakkīta-karamaranīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro" (ibid. 168). — In phrase dāsā ca kammakarā "slaves and labourers" Vin I 243, 272; II 154; as dāso kammakaro "a slave-servant" D I 60 (cf. d.-kammakara). — Vin I 72, 76 (dāso na pabbājetabbo: the slave cannot become a bhikkhu); D I 72; M II 68 (figurative taṇhā°); Ja I 200, 223; III 343 (bought for 700 kahāpaṇas), 347; Pp 56; Pv-a 112. -kammakara (porisa) a slave-servant, an unpaid labourer, a serf Vin I 240; A I 206; D III 189; Dhp-a IV 1; -gaṇa a troop of slaves Pv IV 1 41 ; -purisa a servant Ja I 385; -porisa a servant, slave Snp 769 (cf. Nidd I 11, where 4 kinds of d. are mentioned); -lakkhaṇa fortune-telling from (the condition of) slaves D I 9.
a slave
【陽】 奴隸。~ka,【陽】 奴隸。~gaṇa,【陽】 一群奴隸。~tta, ~vya,【中】 奴隸的身份，奴隸的情況。
(masc, masc) slave; servant
(masc, masc) savage; barbarian; heathen