masculine · pessa 1 · pessa 2
messenger
a servant; a messenger
Pessa [gerundive formation from peseti, Vedic preṣya, feminine preṣyā. This is the contracted form, whilst the diæretic form is pesiya, for which also pesika] a messenger, a servant, often in combination dāsā ti vā pessā ti vā kammakarā ti vā, e.g. D I 141; S I 76, 93 (slightly different in verse); A II 208 (spelt pesā); IV 45; Dhp-a II 7. See also A III 37; IV 266, 270; Ja V 351; Pp 56; Sv I 300. At Snp 615 pessa is used in the sense of an abstract noun = pessitā service (= veyyāvacca Pj II 466). So also in compounds -kamma service Ja VI 374; -kāra a servant Ja VI 356.
<b> <c c="#a00149">Pessa</c> </b> <br>An elephant trainer of Campā. He visited the Buddha at Gaggarāpokkharanī where Kandaraka was also present, and his conversation on that occasion is recorded in the Kandaraka Sutta. When Pessa had left, the Buddha is reported to have said that he was a man of great understanding, and that had he stayed longer he could have taken away with him something which would have proved precious to him. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.339–342</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, ptp of peseti) servant; messenger; runner servant, messenger [lit.] to be sent Construction: √pis > pes + *ya
(masc, masc, ptp of peseti) name of a layman [lit.] to be sent Construction: √pis > pes + *ya