Pasaŋsā (f.) [fr. pa+śaŋs; cp. Vedic praśaŋsā] praise, applause D iii.260; S i.202; Th 1, 609; Sn 213, 826, 895; Miln 377; SnA 155. In composition the form ispasaŋsa˚, e. g. ˚āvahana bringing applause Sn 256; ˚kāma desirous of praise Sn 825, cp. Nd1 163; ˚lābha gain of praise Sn 828. As adj. pasaŋsa "laudable, praiseworthy" it is better taken as grd. of pasaŋsati (=pasaŋsiya); thus at Pv iv.713 (pāsaŋsa Minayeff); PvA 8, 89 (=anindita).