1. support, rest Thag-a.258.
2. bed, bolster, mattress, in kaṇṭak˚; a mattress of thorns, a bolster filled with thorns (as cushion for asceties) MN.i.78; Ja.i.493; Ja.iii.235. -sāppassaya with a head rest Ja.iv.299.

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

cp. Sk. apāśraya, fr. apasseti