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Avela 114 Asana
rightly the late dial. (Prk.) amela] — i. turning round,
swinging round; diffusion, radiation; protuberance, with
reference to the rays of the Buddha at J 1. 12, 95, 501. —
2. (f.) a garland or other ornament slung round & worn
over the head Vv 36'^ (kancan°; = avela-pilandhana VuA
167). See avelin.
Avelita (!?) [pp. of a + veil, cp. avela & BSk. aviddha
curved, crooked Av. S 1.87, Lai. V. 207] turned round,
wound, curved J VI. 354 ("singika with curved horns,
v. 1. avellita).
Ave|ll1 (adj.) [fr. avela] wearing garlands or other headornaments,
usually in f. °inl J v.409 (=: kannalankarehi
yutta C); Vv 30' (voc. avelini, but at id. p. 48'^ aveline),
32'; VvA 125 (on Vv 30- expls- as ratana-maya-pupph'-
avejavati).
Avesana (nt.) [fr. a'isati] entrance; workshop; living-place,
house Vin 11 117 ("vitthaka, meaning?); M II 53; Pv 11.9".
Asa' contr.-form of aijsa in cpd. kotthasa part., portion etc.:
see aijsa'. Can we compare BSk. asapStrl (see next).
Asa-^ [Sk, asa] food, only in cpd. patarasa morning food,
breakfast Sn 387 (pato asitabbo li patar-aso pindapatass'
etai) namaq Sn.A 374^; DhA iv.211; see further ref.
under patar; and paccba-asa aftermath S 1.74. Can we
compare BSk. asa-patrl (vessel) Divy 246? Der. fr. asa
is asaka with .abstr. ending asakattaij "eating", food, in
nana° various food or na -|- anasak°) Sn 249. See also
nirasa, which may be taken either as nir -)- *asa or
nir -f- 'asa.
Asa''' the adj. form of asS (f.), wish, hope. See under asa.
Asa^ archaic 3rd sg. perf. of atthi to be, only in cpd.
itibasa =: iti ha asa "thus it has been".
AsaQSa (adj.) [of "'asarisa, see next] hoping, expecting
something, longing for A 1. 108 = Pug 27 (expli^- by Pug
A 208 as "so hi arahattai] asaqsati patthetl li asaqso");
SnA 321, 336. Cp. nir°.
AsaQSati [for the usual asiqsali, a -f- SaQS] to expect, hope
for, wish Pug A 208 (= pattheti). See also asamana.
Asat)Sa (f.) [from a + saijs] wish, desire, expectation, hope
J
IV. 92. — Cp. nirasarjsa.
Asagsuka (adj.) [fr. asaijsS] full of expectation, longing,
hankerin" after, Th 2, 273 (= asiqsanaka Th.A 217;
trsl. "cadging").
Asaka (adj.) [of asa-] belonging to food, having food, only
in neg. an" fasting S IV.118; Dh 141 (f. a fasting =
bhafa-patikkhepa UhA 111.77); J v.17; vi.63.
Asakatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. asaka] having food, feeding, in
an' fasting Sn 249 (== abhojana SnA 292).
Asankati [i -f sank] to be doubtful or afraid, to suspect,
distrust, J 1. 151 (pret. .nsankittha), 163 (aor. asanki); 11.
203; SnA 298. — pp. asankita (q v.),
Asanka (f) [Sk. asanka fr. a -|- sank] fear, apprehension,
doubt, suspicion J 1.338: 11.383 ;iii-533 ; vi.350, 370;
Dh.\ 111.485; VvA no. — Cp. sasanka & nirasanka.
Asankita (adj.) [pp. of asankati] suspected, in fear, afraid,
apprehensive, doubtful (obj. & subj.) Miln 173, 372 (°parisankita
full of apprehension and suspicion); DhA 1.223;
VvA no. — Cp. ussankita & parisankita.
Asankin ( — °) (adj [fr.
) asank.a] fearing, anxious, apprehensive
Sn 255 (bheda°); J in. 192 (id.).
Asanga [a -f- sanga fr. saiij to hang on, cp. Sk. asangi &
asakti] — I. adhering, clinging to, attachment, pursuit
J
IV. 1 1. — 2. thai which hangs on (the body), clothing,
garment, dress; adj. dressed or clothed in ( — °); usually
in cpd. uttarasanga a loose (hanging) "outer robe e. g.
Vin 1.289; S lv.2go; PvA 73; VvA 33 (suddh"), 51 (id.),
Asangin (adj.) [fr. astjnga] hanging on, attached to J IV 11.
Asajja (indecl.) [ger. of asadeti. Cans, of asfdati, a + sad;
Sk. asadya] — i. sitting on, going to, approaching; al-
located, belonging to; sometimes merely as prep. ace.
"near" (cp. asanna) Sn 4:8 (asajja naq upavisi he came
up near to him), 448 (kako va selari a. nibbijjapema
Gotamaq); J 11.95; vi.194; Miln 271. — 2. put on to
(lit. silting or sticking on), hitting, striking S 1. 127
(khanur) va urasa a. nibbijjapetha Gotama "ye've ihrust
as 't were your breast against a slake. Disgusted, come
ye hence from Gotama" trs/. p. 159; C. expl^- by paharitva,
which comes near the usual paraphrase ghattetva) —
3. knocking against or "giving one a seltingto", insulting,
offending, assailing D 1. 107 (a. a. avocasi = ghattetva
DA 1.276); A III. 373 (tadisai) bhikkhui] a.); J v. 267 (isiq
a. Gotamai) ; C. p. 272 asadetva); Pv IV.7I'' (isiq a. =
asadetva PvA 266). — 4. "sitting on", i. e. attending
constantly to, persevering, energetically, with energy or
emphasis, willingly, spontaneously M 1.250; D 111.258 =
A IV. 236 (danaq deli); Vv 10' (danai) adasiq; cp. VvA
55 samagantva). See asada, asadeti, asideti, asajjana.
Asajjana (nt.) [fr. asajja in meaning of no. 3] "knocking
against", setting on, insult, offence Vin 11.203 (°^ Tatha-
galai) an insult to the T. ; quoted as such at VvA 55,
where two meanings of a. are given, corresponding to
asajja I & 3, viz. samagama & ghattana, the latter in
this quot.) = It 86 (so to be read with v. 1. ; T. has
apajja nay); S 1.114 (apunnai) pasavi Maro asajjanar) Tathagatai]
; trsl. "in seeking the T. to assail"); J v.208.
Asati [from as] to sit DA 1.208; h. sg. asi S 1. 1 30. —
pp. asina (q. v.).
Asatta' [pp. of a -f saiij] (a) lit. hanging on, in phrase
kanthe asatto kuriapo a corpse hanging round one's neck
M I.I 20; J 1.5. — (b) fig. attached to, clinging to J I.
377 (-{- satta lagga); ThA 259 (an°).
Asatta- [pp. of a -f- lap] accursed, cursed J V.446 (an°).
Asatti (f.) [a + saiij] attachment, hanging on (w. loc),
dependence, clinging Vin 11.156= A 1138; S 1. 212; Sn
(bhavesu); Nd' 51, 221; Nett 12, 128. — Cp.
777
nirasattin.
Asada [a -|- sad; cp. asajja & asadeti] — I. approach,
dealing with, business with (ace), concern, affair, means
of acting or getting Vin 11.195 ^= J v.336 (ma kuiijara
nagam asado); M 1.326 (metaq asado = ma etaij asado
do not meddle with this, lit., be not this any affair); J
1 414 (cakkai) asado you have to do with the wheel;
interpreted as adj, in meaning patto ^ finding, getting);
VI. 5 28 (interpreted as ankusa a hook, i. e. means of getting
something). — 2. (as adj.) in phrase durasada hard
to sit on, i.e. hard to get at, unapproachable, difficult
to attack or manage or conquer Sn p. I07 (cp. SnA
451): J VI. 272 ; Vv 50"* (= anupagamaniyato kenaci pi
anasadaniyato ca durasado VvA 213); Miln 21; Dpvs
V.21 ; VI. 38; Sdhp 384.
Asana (nt.) [from asati] sitting, sitting down; a seat, throne
M 1.469; Vin 1.272 (= pallankassa okasa); S 1.46 (ek°
sitting alone, a solitary seat); A III. 389 (an° without a
seat); Sn 338, 718,
udaka-dayin giving
8:0, 981; Nd'
seat & drink);
131; J iv.435 (dsan'
V.403 (id.); vi.413;