Passati
Passati,[Vedic paśyati & *spaśati (aor.aspaṣṭa,Caus.spāśayati etc.); cp.Av.spasyeiti,Gr.skέptomai,(E.“scepsis”); Lat.species etc.; Ohg.spehon=Ger.spāhen (E.spy).-- The paradigm pass°,which in literary Sk.is restricted to the pres.stem (paś) interchanges with the paradigm dakkh° & dass° (dṛś):see dassati1] 1.to see -- Pres.passati Vin.I,322; S.I,69,132,198; II,29; Sn.313,647,953,1063,1142 (cp.Nd2 428); Pv.I,23; Miln.218; PvA.11,102; 1st pl.passāma Sn.76,153,164; Pv.I,101 (as future); imper.sg.passa Sn.435,580,588,756; J.I,223; II,159; Pv.II,116,119; PvA.38; pl.passatha S.II,25; Sn.176 sq.,777,& passavho (cp.Sk.paśyadhvaṁ) Sn.998.-- ppr.passaṁ (see Geiger,P.Gr.972) M.II,9; Sn.739,837,909; & passanto J.III,52; PvA.5,6; f.passantī S.I,199.-- grd.passitabba J.IV,390 (a°).-- fut.passissati Pv.II,46; PvA.6.-- aor.passi J.II,103,111; III,278,341.-- 2.to recognise,realise,know:only in combn with jānāti (pres.jānāti passati; ppr.jānaṁ passaṁ):see jānāti 11.-- 3.to find Sn.1118 (=vindati paṭilabhati Nd2 428b); J.III,55; Pv.II,99.-- Cp.vi°.(Page 447)