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Āsava,[fr.ā + sru,would corresp.to a Sk.*āsrava,cp.Sk.āsrāva.The BSk.āśrava is a (wrong) sankritisation of the Pāli āsava,cp.Divy 391 & kṣīnāśrava] that which flows (out or on to) outflow & influx.1.spirit,the intoxicating extract or secretion of a tree or flower,O.C.in Vin.IV,110 (four kinds); B.on D.III,182 (five kinds) DhsA.48; KhA 26; J.IV,222; VI,9.-- 2.discharge from a sore,A.I,124,127 = Pug.30.-- 3.in psychology,t.t.for certain specified ideas which intoxicate the mind (bemuddle it,befoozle it,so that it cannot rise to higher things).Freedom from the “Āsavas" constitutes Arahantship,& the fight for the extinction of these āsavas forms one of the main duties of man.On the difficulty of translating the term see Cpd.227.See also discussion of term āsava (= āsavantī ti āsavā) at DhsA.48 (cp.Expositor pp.63 sq).See also Cpd.227 sq.,& especially Dhs.trsl.291 sq.-- The 4 āsavas are kām°, bhav°, diṭṭh°, avijj°,i.e.sensuality,rebirth (lust of life),speculation and ignorance.-- They are mentioned as such at D.II,81,84,91,94,98,123,126; A.I,165 sq.,196; II,211; III,93,414; IV,79; Ps.I,94,117; Dhs.1099,1448; Nd2 134; Nett 31,114 sq.-- The set of 3,which is probably older (kāma°,bhava°,avijjā°) occurs at M.I,55; A.I,165; III,414; S.IV,256; V,56,189; It.49; Vbh.364.For other connections see Vin.I,14 (anupādāya āsavehi cittani vimucciṁsu),17,20,182; II,202; III,5 (°samudaya,°nirodha etc.); D.I,83,167; III,78,108,130,220,223,230,240,283; M.I,7 sq.,23,35,76,219,279,445 (°ṭhāniya); II,22; III,72,277; S.II,187 sq.(°ehi cittaṁ vimucci); III,45 (id.); IV,107 (id.),20; V,8,28,410; A.I,85 sq.(vaḍḍhanti),98,165 (°samudaya,°nirodha etc.),187; II,154 (°ehi cittaṁ vimuttaṁ),196; III,21,93 (°samudaya,°nirodha etc.),245,387 sq.,410,414; IV,13,146 (°pariyādāna end of the ā.),161 (°vighāta-pariḷāha); V,70,237; Th.2,4,99,101 (pahāsi āsave sabbe); Sn.162,374,535 (pl.āsavāni),546,749,915,1100; Dh.93,253,292; Nd1 331 (pubb°); Vbh.42,64,426; Pug.11,13,27,30 sq.; Miln.419; DhsA.48; ThA.94,173; KhA 26; DA.I,224; Sdhp.1; Pgdp 65 (piyāsava-surā,meaning?).
Referring specially to the extinction (khaya) of the āsavas & to Arahantship following as a result are the foll.passages:(1) āsavānaṁ khaya D.I,156; S.II,29,214; III 57,96 sq,152 sq; IV,105,175; V,92,203,220,271,284; A.I,107 sq.,123 sq.,232 sq.,273,291; II,6,36,44 sq.,149 sq.,214; III 69,114,131,202,306,319 sq.; IV,83 sq.,119,140 sq.,314 sq.; V,10 sq.,36,69,94 sq,105,132,174 sq.,343 sq.; It.49; Pug.27,62; Vbh.334,344; Vism.9; DA.I,224; cp.°parikkhaya A V 343 sq.See also arahatta formula C.-- (2) khīṇāsava (adj.) one whose Āsavas are destroyed (see khīṇa) S.I,13,48,53,146; II 83,239; III,199,128,178; IV,217; A I 77,109,241,266; IV,120,224,370 sq.; V 40,253 sq.; Ps.II 173; cp.parikkhīṇā āsavā A.IV,418,434,451 sq.; āsavakhīṇa Sn.370.-- (3) anāsava (adj.) one who is free from the āsavas,an Arahant Vin.II,148 = 164; D.III,112; S I 130; II,214,222; III,83; IV,128; A.I,81,107 sq,123 sq.,273,291; II,6,36,87,146; III,19,29,114,166; IV,98,140 sq.,314 sq.,400; A.V,10 sqQ,36,242,340; Sn.1105,1133; Dh.94,126,386; Th.I,100; It.75; Nd2 44; Pv.II,615; Pug.27; Vbh.426; Dhs.1101,1451; VvA.9Q Cp.nirāsava ThA.148.-- Opp.sāsava S III 47; V,232; A.I,81 V.242; Dhs.990; Nett 10; Vism.13,438.(Page 114)