1) pa + instrumental particle. 2) [vb. +--] because. 4) [vb. +--] question marker. 5) by, in consequence of, because, as, since, when
and so
pas cl. 1. P. Ā. pasati , °te ( v.l. for spaS , Dhātup. xxi, 22 ); cl. 10. P. pAsayati , to bind ( v.l. for paS , xxxiii, 45 ).