masculine · phassa 1 · phassa 2
touch
touch; contact
Phassa 1 [cf. Vedic sparśa, of spr̥ś: see phusati] contact, touch (as sense or sense-impression, for which usually phoṭṭhabbaṃ). It is the fundamental fact in a sense impression, and consists of a combination of the sense, the object, and perception, as explained at M I 111: tiṇṇaṃ (i.e. cakkhu, rūpā, cakkhu-viññāṇa) saṅgati phasso; and gives rise to feeling: phassa-paccayā vedanā. (See paṭicca-samuppāda and for explanation Vism 567; Vibh-a 178 f. ). — Cf. D I 42 f.; III 228, 272, 276; Vism 463 (phusatī ti phasso); Snp 737, 778 (as fundamental of attachment, cf. Pj II 517); Ja V 441 (rājā dibba-phassena puṭṭho touched by the divine touch, i.e. fascinated by her beauty; puṭṭho = phuṭṭho); Vibh-a 177 f. (in detail), 193, 265; Pv-a 86 (dup° of bad touch, bad to the touch, i.e. rough, unpleasant); poetic for trouble Thag 783. See on phassa: BMPE 5, note 1, and introduction lxii.; Cpd. 12, 14, 94. -āyatana organ of contact (6, referring to the several senses) Pv-a 52; -āhāra "touch-food," acquisition by touch, nutriment of contact, one of the 3 āhāras, viz. phass°, mano-sañcetanā° (noun of representative cogitation) and viññāṇ° (of intellection) Dhs 71-73; one of the 4 kinds of āhāra, or "food," with reference to the 3 vedanās Vism 341; -kāyā (6) groups of touch or contact viz. cakkhu-samphasso, sota°, ghāna°, kāya°, mano° D III 243; -sampanna endowed with (lovely) touch, soft, beautiful to feel Ja V 441 (cf. phassita). Phassa 2 (adjective) [gerundive from phusati, corresponds to Sanskrit spr̥śya] to be felt, especially as a pleasing sensation; pleasant, beautiful Ja IV 450 (gandhehi ph.).
【陽】 觸覺，接觸。
(masc, masc, from phusati) sense contact; sense impingement; sense impression; sense experience touch, contact [lit.] touch Construction: √phus > phass + a
(masc, masc, from phusati) experience (of); coming into contact (with) [lit.] touch Construction: √phus > phass + a