avassuta

adjective

  1. (lit.) flowing out or down, oozing, leaking Ja.iv.20.
  2. (fig.) (cp. anvāssava & āsava) filled with desire lustful (opp.; anavassuta, q.v.) Vin.ii.236; SN.iv.70, SN.iv.184 (an˚); AN.i.261, AN.i.262 (an˚); AN.ii.240; AN.iv.128, AN.iv.201; Snp.63 (an˚); Pp.27, Pp.36; Dpvs.ii.5 (T. reads avassita).

■ Neg. anavassuta: 1 not leaking, without a leak Ja.iv.20 (nāvā = udaka-pavesan’ âbhāvena a. C.). 2 free from leakage, i.e. from lust or moral intoxication Dhp.39 (˚citta) Snp.63 (see expld. in detail at Cnd.40); Snp-a.116 (kilesa-anvāssava-virahita).

Sk. *avasruta, pp. of ava + sru, cp. avassava