desanā: 'exposition' of the doctrine, may be either an exposition true in the highest sense (paramattha-desanā); or it may not be true in the highest, but only in the conventional sense (vohāra-desanā). See paramattha.

Buddhist Dictionary, Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, by NYANATILOKA MAHATHERA

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desanā : [f.] discourse, sermon, preaching.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Desanā (f.) [Sk. deśanā] 1. discourse, instruction, lesson S v.83, 108; J iii.84; Pug 28; Nett 38; Vism 523 sq. (regarding Paṭiccasamuppāda); PvA 1, 2, 9, 11; Sdhp 213. 2. Freq. in dhamma˚ moral instruction, exposition of the Dhamma, preaching, sermon Vin i.16; A i.53; ii.182; iv.337 sq.; It 33; J i.106 etc. (a˚ gāminī āpatti), a Pārājika or Sanghādisesa offence Vin ii.3, 87; v.187. Cp. Vin. Texts ii.33. -- 3. (legal) acknowledgment Miln 344. -- Cp. ā˚.
   -- avasāne (loc.) at the end of an instruction discourse or sermon DhA iii.175; PvA 54; -- pariyosāne=proc. PvA 9, 31 etc. -- vilāsa beauty of instruction Vism 524; Tikapaṭṭhāna 21.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

desanā: f. 說示

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