Phassa: [cp. Ved. sparsa, of sp.r.s: see phusati] contact, touch (as sense or sense-impression, for which usually phoÂÂhabba¸). It is the fundamental fact in a sense impression, and consists of a combination of the sense, the object, and perception, as expld at M I.111: ti¼¼a¸ (i. e. cakkhu, r¬p¤, cakkhu-vi¾¾¤¼a) sangati phasso; and gives rise to feeling: phassa-paccay¤ vedan¤. (See paÂicca-samupp¤da & for expln Vism 567; VbhA 178 sq.). - Cp. D I.42 sq.; III.228, 272, 276; Vism 463 (phusat¨ ti phasso); Sn 737, 778 (as fundamental of attachment, cp. SnA 517); J V.441 (r¤j¤ dibba--phassena puÂÂho touched by the divine touch, i. e. fascinated by her beauty; puÂÂho=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.

-¤yatana organ of contact (6, referring to the several senses) PvA 52.
-¤h¤ra "touch-food," acquisition by touch, nutriment of contact, one of the 3 aharas, viz. phass*, mano-sa¾cetana* (n. of representative cogitation) and vi¾¾a?* (of intellection) Dhs 71--73; one of the 4 kinds of ahara, or "food," with ref. to the 3 vedanas Vism 341.
-k¤y¤ (6) groups of touch or contact vîz. cakkhu-samphasso, sota*, ghana*, kaya*, mano* D III.243.
-sampanna endowed with (lovely) touch, soft, beautiful to feel J V.441 (cp. phassita).

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