assiduous practice; habitual cultivation.

not practising, abstinence from Snp.259 (= abhajanā apayirupāsanā Kp-a.124).

a + sevanā

āsevanā (f.)

1. practice, pursuit, indulgence in Vin.ii.117; Pv-a.45.
2. succession repetition Dhs.1367; Kv.510 (cp….

association with the wise.

practice, performance; devotion (to); association (with); use.

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

Āsevana-paccaya: repetition, is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya.

adjective constant, firm, self-relying of character; wise, possessing the knowledge of the Dhamma, often = paṇḍita & epithet of an Arahant DN.ii.128; SN.i.24 (lokapariyāyaṃ aññāya nibbutā dh.), SN.i. …

serving, pursuing, following, service, honouring, pursuit SN.iii.53 = Mnd.25 Cnd.570 (nand˚ pleasure-seeking); Iti.68 (bāl˚ & dhīr˚) Snp.249 (utu˚ observance of the seasons); Mil.351.

abstr. fr. upasevati

1. (lit.)
   1. (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …