anusaya
Anusaya,[anu + śī,seti Sk. anuśaya has a diff. meaning] (see Kvu trsl. 234 n. 2 and Cpd. 172 n. 2). Bent,bias,proclivity,the persistance of a dormant or latent disposition,predisposition,tendency. Always in bad sense. In the oldest texts the word usually occurs absolutely,without mention of the cause or direction of the bias. So Sn. 14 = 369,545; M. III,31; S.III,130,IV.33,V,28 236; A. I.44; II,157; III,74,246,443. Or in the triplet obstinacy,prejudice and bias (adhiṭṭhānâbhinivesânusayā) S. II.17; III,10,135,161; A.V,III,Occasionally a source of the bias is mentioned. Thus pride at S. I.188; II,252 ff.,275; III,80,103,169,253; IV,41,197; A.I,132,IV.70 doubt at M. I.486 -- ignorance lust and hatred at S.IV,205,M.III,285. At D.III,254,282; S.V,60; and A.IV,9. we have a list of seven anusaya’s,the above five and delusion and craving for rebirth. Hence-forward these lists govern the connotation of the word; but it would be wrong to put that connotation back into the earlier passages. Later references are Ps.I,26,70 ff.,123,130,195; II,36,84,94,158; Pug.21; Vbh.340,383,356; Kvu 405 ff. Dpvs.I,42. (Page 44)