resting place, shelter, refuge, seat DN-a.i.67 (puññ˚). Cp. BSk. rājāśraya Jtm.31#56>; aśraya also in meaning “body”: see Avs.i.175 & Index; Avs.ii.223.

ā + sayati, śri

resting inside, in the heart

leans against; has a support in; depends upon.

connected with the six spheres of perception.

of dasseti

of dasseti

headrest or bolster of thorns

draws down or out.

lets be rained upon; exposes to the rain

shows oneself (to), goes to see

support; shelter, refuge; dwelling, place to stay; recourse, resorting to.

…(id.); Thag.757 (˚âpassaya lying inside); Ja.iii.395 (˚amba the inside of the Mango); Mil.30 (˚e vāyo jivo), Mil.262, Mil.281…

…Ja.iii.235. -sāppassaya with a head rest Ja.iv.299.

• -pīṭhaka a chair with a head-rest Ja.iii.235.

cp….

…MN.i.78; Ja.iv.299 (v. l, kaṇḍikesayika); Pp.55.

fr. apassaya; cp. Sk. apāśrayin-˚

to lean against, have a support in (acc.), to depend on.

1. (lit.) lean against Vin.ii.175 (bhitti apassetabbo the wall to be used as a head-rest).
2. (fig.) mostly in ger. apassāya dependent upon …

…˚varaka, ˚sakkati, avassaya, avasseti, ˚hita, avāpurīyati avekkhati 2. abhi. The similarity between abhi & ava is seen from a…

…*avāśraya for the usual apāśraya, see P. apassaya¹

…sappurisûpassaya atta-sammāpaṇidhi, pubbe-kata-puññatā AN.ii.32; Ja.v.114; mentioned at Pts.i.84. Cp. also Snp.554 sq.;…

1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

…(thanāni k˚ āni ca dassayantī; explained on Ja.v.437 by upakacchaka); Ja.vi.578. The phrase parūḷha-kaccha-nakhaloma means “with…

…the reading is k-āpassaya, at Ja.iii.74 k-apassaya; at Ja.iii.235 the reading is kaṇṭhaka-seyyaṃ kappetha (should it be…

I. Etymology

Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

…˚passaya in kaṇṭakapassaya Ja.iii.74, & kaṇṭakāpassayika DN.i.167 (kaṇṭh˚); Ja.iv.299 (kaṇṭaka˚) is to be read as ˚apassaya…

…Ja.v.251 (rājā dhammaṃ phassayaṃ = C. phassayanto; vv.ll. pa˚ phu˚); Mil.338 (amataṃ, cp. phusati), Mil.340 (phassayeyya Pot.)
pass…

…AN.iii.337; AN.iv.245.

• -assaya seat of merit DN-a.i.67
• -iddhi the magic power of m. Pv-a.117. *…

…sg. pot. of ud + assayati Ja.v.26 (meaning to instal, raise?), expl^d. by C. as ussayāpesi (?) Reading may be faulty for…

…Ja.i.428; Mil.124.

fr. upa + śri, cp. assaya & missaya

…The semantically related Sk. āśraya from ā + śri is in P. represented by assaya. Cp. also BSk. āśayataḥ intentionally in earnest…