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Asana IIS Asa
DhA 11.31 (dhamm° the preacher's seat or throne); SnA
401 ; PvA i6, 23, 141.
-abhibara gift or distinction of the seat J 1.81. -tlpagata
endowed with a seat, sitting down Sn 708 (= nisinna
SnA 495). -pannapaka one who appoints seats Vin
11.305. -patikkhitta one who rejects all seats, or objects
to sitting down D 1.167; A 1.296; 11,206; Pug 55. -sala
a hall with seating accommodation Vism 69; DhA 11.
65; IV.46.
Asanaka (nt.) [asana -|- ka] a small seat Vv i'.
Asanika (adj.) [fr. asana] having a seat; in ek° sitting by
oneself Vism 69.
Asandi (f.) [fr. a -)- sad] an extra long chair, a deck-chair
Vin 1.192; 11.142, 163, 169, 170; D 1.7 (:= pamanatikkant'
asanai] DA 1.86), 55 =r M 1.515 = S 111.307 (used
as a bier) A 1.181; J 1. 108. See note at Dia/, l.ll.
Asandlka (f.) fr. Slsandi] a small chair or tabouret Vin 11.
149; KhA 44.
Asanna (adj.) [pp. of a + sad, see asldati] near (cp. asajja'),
opp. dura J II. 154; DhA 11 91; PvA 42, 243.
Asappana (fr.) [fr. + srp] !''• "creeping on to", doubt,
mistrust, always coinbd- with parisappana Nd^ i ; Dhs
1004 (trsl. "evasion", cp. £>/is irsl. p 116), 1 1 18, 1235;
DA 1.69.
Asabha [the guna- and compn form of usabha, corresponding
to Sk. arsabha > rsabha, see usabha] (in comp") a bull,
peculiar to a bull, bull-like, fig. a man of strong & eminent
qualities, a hero or great man, a leader, thus in tar° Sn
687; nar° Sn 6S4, 696; asabha-camma bull's hide J vi.
453 (v. 1. usabha').
-tthana (as asabhanthana) "bull's place", first place,
distinguished position, leadership M 1.69; S 11.27; A 11.
(C. settha-Uhana uttama-tthana); ill. 9; v.33 sq. ; DA r.
31
; KhA 104.
Asabhin (adj )
[fr. asabha] bull-like, becoming to a bull,
lordly, majestic, imposing, bold; only in phrase °r] vacaij
bhasati "speak the lordly word" D 11.15, 82; M 111.123J
J 1.53! DA 1. 91; cp. Davs 1.28 (niccharayi vacar) asabhiij).
Asamana (adj.) [ppr. of asaqsati or asiqsati, for the usual
earlier asasana] wishing, desiring, hoping, expecting Vv
84' (kiq a = kiq paccasiq santo VvA 336); Pv IV. i^*
(== asir|samana patlhayamana PvA 226).
Asaya [a + 4i, cp. in similar meaning & derivation anusaya.
The semantically related Sk. asraya from a + ill is in
P. represented by assaya. Cp. also BSk. asayatah intentionally,
in earnest Divy 281; Av. S II 161] — I. abode,
haunt, receptacle; dependence on, refuge, support, condition
S 1.38; Vin III. 151; J 11.99; ^'''d 257; VvA 60;
PvA 210; jal" river VvA 47; Pgdp 80; adj. depending
on, living in (— ") Miln 317; Ndi 362 (bil°, dak° etc.).
See also amasaya, pakkasaya. — 2. (fig.) inclination, intention,
will, hope; often combd- & compared with anusaya
(inclination, hankering, disposition), e. g. at Ps i.
133; II. 158; Vbh 340; Vism 140 (°posana); PvA 197.
Sn.\ 182 (°vipatli), 314 (°suddhi), KhA 103 ("sampatti).
Cp. nirasaya. — 3. outflow, excretion Pv III. 5' (gabbh"
= gabbha-mala PvA 198); Vism 344.
Asayati [a -f
asaya ^ Ger.
gi; lit. "lie on", cp. Ger. anliegen & Sk.
Angelegenheit] to wish, desire, hope, intend
J 1V.291 (grd. asayana, gloss esamana). See asaya.
Asava [fr. a -|- sni, would corresp. to a Sk. *asrava, cp.
Sk. asrava. The BSk. asrava is a (wrong) sankrilisation
of the Pali asava, cp. Divy 391 & ksloasrava] that which
flows (out or on to) outflow & influx, i. spirit, the in-
toxicating extract or secretion of a tree or flower. O. C.
in Vin iv.iio (four kinds); B. on D III. 182 (five kinds)
DhsA 48; KhA 26; J
;v.222; VI.9. — 2. discharge from
a sore, A 1.124, 127 = Pug 30. — 3. in psychology,
t.t. for certain specified ideas which intoxicate the mind
(bemuddle it, befoozle it, so that it cannot rise to
higher things). Freedom from the "Asavas" constitutes
Arahantship, & the fight for the extinction of these asavas
forms one of the main duties of man. On the difficulty
of translating the terra see CfJ. 227. See also discussion
of term asava (= asavanti ti asava) at DhsA 48 (cp.
Expositor pp. 63 sq.). See also Cfd. 227 sq., & especially
Dhs Irsl. 291 sq. — The 4 asavas are kam°, bhav°,
ditth°, avijj°, i. e. sensualily, rebirth (lust of life), speculation
and ignorance. — They are mentioned as such
at D 11.81, 84, 91, 94, 98, 123, 126; A 1. 165 sq., 196;
11.211; 111.93, 414; IV.79; Ps 1.94, 117; Dhs 1099, 1448;
Nd2 134; Nett 31, 114 sq. — The set of 3, which is
probably older (kama°, bhava°, avijja") occurs at M 155;
A 1.165; m.4i4; S IV.256; V.56, 189; It 49; Vbh 364.
For other connections see Vin 1. 14 (.inupadaya asavehi
cittSni viinuccirjsu), 17, 20, 182; 11.202; in. 5 ("samudaya,
°nirodha etc.); D 1.83, 167; 111.78, 108, 130, 220, 223,
230, 240, 283; M 1.7 sq., 23, 35, 76, 219, 279, 445
("thaniya); 11.22; 111.72, 277; S 11.187 sq. (°ehi cittai)
vimucci); 111.45 (id); iv.107 (id.), 20; v.8, 28, 410; A
1.85 sq. (vaddhanti), 98, 165 (°samudaya, °nirodha etc.),
187; II. 154 (°ehi ciltai] vimuttaq), 196; 111.21, 93 (°samudaya,
"nirodha etc.), 245, 387 sq., 410, 414; iv.13, 146
(°pariyadana end of the a.), 161 (°vighata-pari|aha); v.70,
237; Th 2, 4, 99, loi (pahasi asave sabbe); Sn 162,
374, 535 (pl- asavani), 546, 749, 915, iioo; Dh 93,
253, 292; Nd' 331 (pubb°); Vbh 42, 64, 426; Pug 11,
13, 27, 30 sq.; Miln 419; DhsA 48; ThA 94, 173; KhA
26; DA 1224; Sdhp 1 ; Pgdp 65 (piyasava-sura, meaning?).
Referring specially to the cxiinclion
asavas & 10 Arahanlship following as
(kbaya) of
a result are
the
the
foil, passages: (1) asavanar; khaya D 1.156; S 1129,
214; 11157, 96 sq, 152 sq ; IV.105, 175; V.92, 203,
220, 271, 284; A 1.107 sq., 123 sq., 232 sq., 273, 291;
II.6, 36, 44 sq., 149 sq., 214; HI 69, 114, 131, 202, 306,
319 sq.; IV 83 sq., 119, 140sq, 3I4sq.; v.lo sq, 36, 69, 94
sq, 105, 132. 174 sq, 343 sq.; It 49; Pug 27, 62; Voh
334, 344; Vism 9; DA 1.224; cp. "parikkhaya A v 343
sq. See also arahalta formula C. — (2) kbinasava (adj.)
one whose Asavas are destroyed (see khina) S 1.13, 48,
53, 146; 1183, 239; 111.199, '28, 178; IV.217; A 177,
109, 241, 266; IV.120, 224, 370 sq.; V.40, 253 sq ; Ps
II 173; cp. parikkhina asava A IV. 418, 434, 451 sq.;
asavakhina Sn 370. — (3) anasava (adj.) one who is
free from the asavas, an Arahant Vin II 148 = 164; D
III.112; S 1130; II 214, 222; 111.83; IV.128; A 1.81, 107
sq, 123 sq., 273, 291; 11.6, 36, 87, 146; III 19, 29, 114,
166; IV.98, 140 sq., 314 sq., 400; A V.io sq . 36, 242,
340; Sn 1105, 1133; Dh 94, 126, 386; Th l.ioo; It
75; Ndi 44; Pv 11.6"; Pug 27; Vbh 426; Dhs 11 01, 1451 ;
VvA 9. Cp. nirasava ThA 148. — Opp. sasava S 11147;
V.232; A 1.81; V242; Dhs 990; Nett 10; Vism 13, 438.
Asavati [a + sru, cp. Sk. asravali ; its doublet is assavati]
to flow towards, come to, occur, happen Nett 1 16.
Asasana [either grd. for "iisaysana or contracted form of
ppr, med. of asaqsati (= asiijsali) for *asar)samana] hoping,
wishing, desiring, longing for Sn 369 (an"; SnA 365 however
reads asaySna), 1090; Th 2, 528; J iv.18 (= asiij-
santo C), 381; V.391 (= asiijsanto C). See anasasana,
asagsati, asamana & asayana.
Asa (f.) [cp. Sk, asah f,] expectation, hope, wish, longing,
desire ; adj. asa (— °) longing for, anticipating, desirous
of Vin 1255 ("avacchedika hope-destroying), 259; D 11.
206; 111.88; M 111.138 (asaq karoti); A 1 86 (dve asa),
107 (vigat-aso one whose longings have gone); Sn 474,