āyuka

(-˚) adjective -being of life; having a life or age AN.iv.396 (niyat˚); Vv-a.196 (yāvatāyukā dibbasampatti divine bliss lasting for a lifetime). Esp. freq in combn. with dīgha (long) and appa (short) as dīghāyuka AN.iv.240; Pv-a.27; appāyuka AN.iv.247; Pv-a.103 both at Vism.422. In phrase vīsati-vassasahass’āyukesu manussesu at the time when men lived 20 000 years DN.ii.5–DN.ii.12 (see Table at Dial. ii.6); Dhp-a.ii.9; Pv-a.135 dasa-vassasahass’āyukesu manussesu (10 000 years) Pv-a.73; cattāḷīsa˚ Dhp-a.i.103; catusaṭṭhi-kapp’āyukā subhakiṇhā Vism.422.

fr. āyu