hiding place, a cave, cavern (cp kandara & see giriguhā); fig. the heart (in ˚āsaya) According to Bdhgh. (on Vin.i.58, see Vin. Texts i.174 “a hut of bricks, or in a rock, or of wood.” Vin.i.58 Vin.i.96, Vin.i.107, Vin.i.239, Vin.i.284; Vin.ii.146; Vin.iii.155; Vin.iv.48 (cp. sattapaṇṇi-guhā); Snp.772, Snp.958; Ja.ii.418; Ja.vi.574; Vv.50#16.

• -āsaya hiding in the heart; or the shelter of the heart AN.iv.98 (maccupāso +); Ja.v.367 (id.); Dhp.37 (cittaṃ see Dhp-a.i.304).

Vedic guhā, guh, gūhati to hide (q.v.) Dhtp.337: saṃvaraṇa