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pāsāde

pāsāda

masc acc pl of pāsāda (noun); masc loc sg of pāsāda (noun)

1. mansion; stately home; palace; building with pillars

Built from

• pā — prefix · protect, guard
  From √pā 'protect'; the concrete sense of guarding or keeping safe underlies the idea of a secure, fortified dwelling.
• sāda — root · seat, abode
  Related to √sad 'sit'; sāda denotes a place where one sits or dwells. The combination yields a 'guarded seat' or 'protected dwelling'.

Etymology. From pā- 'protect, guard' (√pā) + sāda 'seat, abode', literally 'a protected or guarded dwelling'; related to Sanskrit prāsāda, which enters Pali through sound change. The word's prestige sense ('palace') reflects its use for royal and monastic structures in the canon.

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

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