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āyasmantesu

āyasmant

masc loc pl of āyasmant (noun); masc loc pl of āyasmant (adj); nt loc pl of āyasmant (adj)

1. sir; venerable; reverend; lit. having age quality
2. venerable; respectable; lit. having long life quality

Etymology. ā + √i > ay + *as + mant; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit āyuṣmat [e]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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