apāya
Apāya,[Sk. apāya,fr. apa + i,cp. apeti] “going away” viz. -- 1. separation,loss Dh.211 (piya° = viyoga DhA.III,276). -- 2. loss (of property) D.III,181,182; A.II,166; IV,283; J.III,387 (atth°). -- 3. leakage,out flow (of water) D.I,74; A.II,166; IV,287. -- 4. lapse,falling away (in conduct) D.I,100. -- 5. a transient state of loss and woe after death. Four such states are specified purgatory (niraya),rebirth as an animal,or as a ghost,or as a Titan (Asura). Analogous expressions are vinipāta & duggati. All combined at D.I,82; III,111; A.I,55; It.12,73; Nd2 under kāya; & freq. elsewhere. -- apāyaduggativinipāta as attr. of saṁsāra S.II,92,232; IV,158,313; V,342; opp. to khīṇâpāya-duggati-vinipāta of an Arahant A.IV,405; V,182 sq. -- See also foll. pass.:M.III,25 (anapāya); Sn.231; Th.2,63; J.IV,299; Pug.51; VvA.118 (opp. sugati); PvA.103; Sdhp.43,75 & cp. niraya,duggati,vinipāta.
--gāmin going to ruin or leading to a state of suffering DhA.III,175; cp. °gamanīya id. Ps. I.94,°gamanīyatā J.IV,499. --mukha “facing ruin”,leading to destruction (= vināsa-mukha DA.I,268),usually as nt. “cause of ruin” D.I,101 (cattāri apāya mukhāni); III,181,182 (cha bhogānaṁ a° --mukhāni,i. e. causes of the loss of one’s possessions); A.II,166; IV,283,287. --samudda the ocean of distress DhA III 432. --sahāya a spendthrift companion D.III,185. (Page 54)