inhaled breath, inhalation SN.i.106, SN.i.159; Pts.i.95, Pts.i.164 sq., Pts.i.182 sq. Usually in combination assāsapassāsa (q.v.). At Vism.272 passāsa is expl¹ as “ingoing wind” and assāsa as “outgoing wind.”

fr. pa + śvas