āyu
Āyu,(nt.) [Vedic āyus; Av.āyu,gradation form of same root as Gr.ai]w/n “aeon",ai]έn always; Lat.aevum,Goth.aiws.Ohg.ēwa,io always; Ger.ewig eternal; Ags.āē eternity,ā always (cp.ever and aye)] life,vitality,duration of life,longevity D.III,68,69,73,77; S.III,143 (usmā ca); IV,294; A.I,155; II,63,66 (addh°); III,47; IV,76,139; Sn.694,1019; It.89; J.I,197 (dīgh°); Vv 555 (cp.VvA.247 with its definition of divine life as comprising 30 600 000 years); Vism.229 (length of man’s āyu = 100 years); Dhs.19,82,295,644,716; Sdhp.234,239,258.-- Long or divine life,dibbaṁ āyu is one of the 10 attributes of ādhipateyya or majesty (see ṭhāna),thus at Vin.I,294; D.III,146; S.IV,275 sq.; A.I,115; III,33; IV,242,396; Pv.II,959 (= jīvitaṁ PvA.136).
--ūhā see āyūhā.--kappa duration of life Miln.141; DhA.I,250.--khaya decay of life (cp.jīvita-kkhaya) D.I,17 (cp.DA.I,110); III,29.--pamāṇa span or measure of life time D.II,3; A.I,213,267; II,126 sq.; IV,138,252 sq.,261; V,172; Pug.16; Vbh.422 sq.; SnA 476.--pariyanta end of life It.99; Vism.422.--saṅkhaya exhaustion of life or lifetime Dpvs.V,102.--saṅkhāra (usually pl.°ā) constituent of life,conditions or properties resulting in life,vital principle D.II,106; M.I,295 sq.; S.II,266; A.IV,311 sq.; Ud.64; J.IV,215; Miln.285; Vism.292; DhA.I,129; PvA.210.Cp.BSk.āyuḥ-saṁskāra Divy 203.(Page 106)