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					Yaso,& Yasa (nt.) [Vedic yaśaḥ (nt.).The word follows the a° declension,but preserves & favours the Instr.yasasā after the s° decl.(like mano,ceto etc,),e.g.at J.I,134.-- In the Nom.& Acc.sg.both forms yaso & yasa(ṁ) occur; in cpds.the form yasa° is the usual; yaso as masc.is found at Sn.438] glory,fame,repute,success,high position.On term as used with ref.to the brahmin see Fick,Sociale Gliederung 128,129 ‹-› The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consists of a great retinue,& company of servants,followers etc.This idea is already to be found at D.I,118=126 where y.is founded on parisā (cp.DA.I,143 on D.I,48; DA.I,298:yasasā ti āṇā-ṭhapana-samatthatāya).See e.g.VvA.122 (yaso=parivāra); PvA.137 (yasasā= mahati parivāra-sampattiyā); cp.J.I,134 (rājā mahantena yasena uppanaṁ gacchati).-- D.I,137 (as quality of a king); III,260,286; J.IV,275 sq.(dibba y.as one of the 10 qualities of greatness,viz.divine duration of life,complexion,happiness,fame,power,and the 5 sense-objects rūpa,sadda,gandha,rasa,phoṭṭhabba.The same 10 are found at Pv.II,958,59); A.I,15; II,32,66,188; III,31,47 sq.; IV,95,195 sq.; Dh.24,303 (+bhoga); Th.1,554; Nd1 147; Pv III,35 (=dev’iddhi PvA.189); Vv 291; J.I,134; VI,468; Miln.291 (bhoga+); Vism.393; Sdhp.306,518.-- yasaṁ deti to give credit J.I,180.mahā-yaso great fame J.I,46 (v.266),cp.yas-agga the highest (of) fame J.I,51,where coupled with lābh-agga the greatest gain.The latter combn is stereotype in the Niddesa (see e.g.Nd2 55),where the 4 worldly ideals are given in sequence lābha,yaso,pasaṁsā,sukha.-- With kitti we find yaso at Sn.817 (see defn & exegesis at Nd1 147).-- Opp.ayasa D.III,260,286; A.II,188; IV,157 sq.
  --dāyika giving (or a giver of) repute J.VI,285.--mada pride of fame VbhA.467.--mahatta greatness of fame Vism.233.--lābha the gain of fame J.III,516 (+dhanalābha).(Page 551)