Phassa
Phassa,1 [cp.Ved.sparśa,of spṛś:see phusati] contact,touch (as sense or sense-impression,for which usually phoṭṭhabbaṁ).It is the fundamental fact in a senseimpression,and consists of a combination of the sense,the object,and perception,as expld at M.I,111:tiṇṇaṁ (i.e.cakkhu,rūpā,cakkhu-viññāṇa) saṅgati phasso; and gives rise to feeling:phassa-paccayā vedanā.(See paṭicca-samuppāda & for expln Vism.567; VbhA.178 sq.).-- Cp.D.I,42 sq.; III,228,272,276; Vism.463 (phusatī ti phasso); Sn.737,778 (as fundamental of attachment,cp.SnA 517); J.V,441 (rājā dibba-phassena puṭṭho touched by the divine touch,i.e.fascinated by her beauty; puṭṭho=phutto); VbhA.177 sq.(in detail),193,265; PvA.86 (dup° of bad touch,bad to the touch,i.e.rough,unpleasant); poet.for trouble Th.1,783.See on phassa:Dhs.trsl.5 & introd.(lv.) lxiii.; Cpd.12,14,94. --āyatana organ of contact (6,referring to the several senses) PvA.52.--āhāra “touch-food,” acquisition by touch,nutriment of contact,one of the 3 āhāras,viz.phass°,mano-sañcetanā° (n.of representative cogitation) and viññāṇ° (of intellection) Dhs.71--73; one of the 4 kinds of āhāra,or “food,” with ref.to the 3 vedanās Vism.341.--kāyā (6) groups of touch or contact vîz.cakkhu-samphasso,sota°,ghāna°,kāya°,mano° D.III,243.--sampanna endowed with (lovely) touch,soft,beautiful to feel J.V,441 (cp.phassita).(Page 478)