Pessa
Pessa,[grd.formn fr.peseti,Vedic preṣya,f.preṣyā.This is the contracted form,whilst the diaeretic form is pesiya,for which also pesika] a messenger,a servant,often in combn dāsā ti vā pessā ti vā kammakarā ti vā,e.g.D.I,141; S.I,76,93 (slightly diff.in verse); A.II,208 (spelt pesā); IV,45; DhA.II,7.See also A.III,37; IV,266,270; J.V,351; Pug.56; DA.I,300.At Sn.615 pessa is used in the sense of an abstr.n.= pessitā service (=veyyavacca SnA 466).So also in cpds. --kamma service J.VI,374; --kāra a servant J.VI,356.(Page 473)