adjective only in neg. an˚; not able to afford comfort, giving no comfort or security. MN.i.514 MN.iii.30 Ja.ii.298 (= aññaṁ assāsetuṁ asamatthaṭāya na assāsika). cp. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit anāśvāsika in ster. phrase anitya adhruva anāśvāsika vipariṇāmadharman Divy.207; Avs.139, Avs.144; whereas the corresponding Pāli equivalent runs anicca addhuva asassata (= appāyuka) vipariṇāma-dhamma thus inviting the conjecture that Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit āśvāsika is somehow distorted out of Pali asassata.

fr. assāsa in meaning of assāsa 2, cp. assāsaka 2