āsaya
Āsaya,[ā + śī,cp.in similar meaning & derivation anusaya.The semantically related Sk.āśraya from ā + śri is in P.represented by assaya.Cp.also BSk.āśayataḥ intentionally,in earnest Divy 281; Av.Ś II.161] -- 1.abode,haunt,receptacle; dependence on,refuge,support,condition S.I,38; Vin.III,151; J.II,99; Miln.257; VvA.60; PvA.210; jal° river VvA.47; Pgdp 80; adj.depending on,living in (-°) Miln.317; Nd1 362 (bil°,dak° etc.).See also āmāsaya,pakkāsaya.-- 2.(fig.) inclination,intention,will,hope; often combd. & compared with anusaya (inclination,hankering,disposition),e.g.at Ps.I,133; II,158; Vbh.340; Vism.140 (°posana); PvA.197.‹-› SnA 182 (°vipatti),314 (°suddhi),KhA 103 (°sampatti).Cp.nirāsaya.-- 3.outflow,excretion Pv III,53 (gabbh° = gabbha-mala PvA.198); Vism.344.(Page 114)