වා

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • vā (Latin script)
  • 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • वा (Devanagari script)
  • ৰা (Bengali script)
  • ဝါ or ဝႃ (Burmese script)
  • วา (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວາ (Lao script)
  • វា (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Conjunction

වා (vā)

  1. Sinhala script form of vā (“or”)
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎, page 336:
      තස‍්ස එවමස‍්ස: “අයං ඛො මහා උදකණ‍්ණවො ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ‍්කං සප‍්පටිභයං. පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප‍්පටිභයං. නත්‍ථි ච නාවා සන‍්තාරණී උත‍්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය.
      Tassa evamassa: "ayaṃ kho mahā udakaṇṇavo orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ. Pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ. Natthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya.
      Therefore things are thus: So, there's this large deluge, a dubious and perilous near shore, a safe far shore free of peril; and there is neither a ferry boat or a bridge to go from the near shore to the far shore.
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